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Description
Most students think about extracurriculars too late — polishing a list of activities senior year instead of building something worth writing about over the previous three. This package is for students who want to get ahead of that. I spent five years at Crimson Education focused specifically on this: helping students identify what they genuinely care about, build activities with real depth and impact around those interests, and develop the kind of profile that admissions committees remember. Not paid research programs, not voluntourism, not a list of clubs with no thread connecting them. Real activities, real leadership, real outcomes. The framework I use is the T-shaped profile. Admissions wants to see one or two areas of clear, recognizable depth — ideally with regional, national, or international recognition — surrounded by a complementary set of activities that show who you are as a full person. We figure out where your depth should be, what you are already good at, what you genuinely care about, and how to build outward from there. Every activity on your list should have a reason to be there. Over 12 sessions we will assess where you stand, identify your strengths and interests, build a 2–3 year activity roadmap, plan summers strategically, help you scale existing projects, and find opportunities for meaningful recognition. We push you toward harder things than you would pick yourself — bigger leadership, more ambitious projects, more honest commitment. If you are willing to do the work, I will help you find the right work to do.
What you'll get from this package
Personalized T-shaped profile strategy — identifying your depth areas and complementary activities
12 one-on-one coaching sessions
2–3 year EC roadmap tailored to your goals and timeline
Summer planning and program strategy — what to do, when, and why
Activity scaling and leadership coaching — how to grow what you already have
Recognition strategy — how to identify and pursue regional and national opportunities
Ongoing guidance on how to frame and describe activities for maximum admissions impact
Honest feedback — if an activity is fluff, we cut it; if you are avoiding the hard work, I say so
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Offered by Bryan C.
Joined May 2026
5.0
End-to-end App consulting | Crimson Education Veteran | Wharton/ UPenn +MIT
I provide soup-to-nuts application consulting. I have spent over a decade coaching students through undergraduate admissions — five years at Crimson Education focused on admissions strategy and extracurricular development, before that at Princeton Review, and more recently through my own practice, Edgewise Prep. My recent placements include Harvard College, Cornell, NYU, Columbia, and Yale, among others. 30+ top 10 admissions. My approach is built around a simple idea: original personalities produce original applications. I am not an essay factory, and I do not ghostwrite. Students write their own words — I coach the strategy, structure, and voice behind them. What I focus on is finding the thread that makes a candidacy coherent and memorable: the theme that runs through your activities, your essays, your recommenders, and your school list, so that admissions sees one consistent, compelling person rather than a list of credentials. Where I am particularly strong is extracurricular development — what I call the long game. Most consultants show up in senior year to polish essays. I work with students earlier, helping them identify what they genuinely care about, build real activities around those interests, and develop the kind of depth and recognition that admissions committees actually respond to. The goal is a T-shaped profile: one or two areas of clear excellence, surrounded by a complementary range of activities that show who you are as a full person. We build, not buy no pay-for-play research programs, no voluntourism, no manufactured credentials. I also believe in honest feedback. When an essay is weak, I say so. When an activity is fluff, we cut it. My job is to help you put forward the strongest, most authentic version of yourself — not to tell you what you want to hear. I studied at the University of Pennsylvania (M&T Program) and earned my MBA at MIT Sloan, so I have walked through the doors you are trying to walk through. I know what strong applications look like from the inside, and I know what makes them stand out.
$1,500
12h of coaching