Efe Z. | Leland

Efe Zaladin

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Stanford Student | Expert in Crafting Standout College Essays

Studied at Stanford University

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Efe's Coaching Offerings

Get Into Your Dream College — Complete Package

Expert help on your applications, including essays, activities, and more

Starting at $5,00020h+ of coaching

Write Powerful College Essays

Expert help to brainstorm, draft, and polish winning college essays

Starting at $356.255h+ of coaching

Final College Application Review

Polish every part of your application before you submit

Starting at $218.253h+ of coaching

Custom hourly · $75/hr

Get help with Recommendations, General Exploration, and .

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Efe’s College Qualifications

Coaches professionally

10+ people coached for College

Efe has helped clients get into these schools:

Welcome to my profile! As a current student at Stanford University, my approach is tailored to each individual's strengths and aspirations, ensuring that your application stands out in a competitive landscape. Whether you need guidance on crafting compelling essays or strategizing your application, I'm here to help you achieve your college dreams. Let's connect and make your college application process a success!

Efe can help with:

Recommendations

General Exploration

Resume

Testing & Assessments

Supplementary Materials

School Selection

Essays

Secondary Review

Application Strategy

Financial Aid & Scholarships

Interviews

Editing

Waitlist Strategy

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About Efe

My approach to admissions coaching is analytical. I treat applications as constrained optimization problems: identifying signal, removing noise, and aligning a student’s story with how selective admissions committees actually evaluate candidates. I place particular emphasis on: • Translating technical, research, or entrepreneurial work into clear admissions value • Avoiding common essay failure modes (generic motivation, résumé rehashing, vague impact) • Building a consistent profile across essays, activities, and recommendations I work especially well with high-achieving, technically inclined students and founders who want honest feedback, rigorous thinking, and no sugar-coating. My goal is not to “game” admissions, but to help students present their strongest true version.

Why do I coach?

Admissions always involve an element of luck, but luck is not uncontrollable. As an international, first-gen applicant to Stanford, I had to systematically optimize every variable within my control. Doing that required a precise understanding of how admissions officers evaluate candidates and what actually differentiates successful applications from superficially strong ones. That process resulted in a full-ride acceptance to Stanford. Rather than letting that accumulated insight expire, I chose to apply it to helping other students navigate the same constraints more effectively. My role is to compress experience, reduce avoidable mistakes, and help students present the strongest truthful version of themselves under competitive conditions.