Est. 2017By referral only
A boutique admissions practice guiding a small number of families each cycle — from a first undergraduate application to a fully funded doctorate, across six education systems.
Where our students have been admitted
The record at a glance
Where one student received several offers, that is one engagement. We show results as evidence of a method — not as a promise. No responsible advisor guarantees an outcome.
How we work
“Positioning that is honest, preparation that is disciplined, and essays that sound like the student on their best day.”
Families rarely need a single service. They need a single advisor who can carry the whole arc: the course plan that precedes the application, the writing that carries it, the interview that closes it, and the career thinking that follows.
We do not take every case — only those where student and advisor are genuinely suited to each other. Admission is the milestone, not the mission: the real work is helping a young person become the strongest version of themselves, which is precisely what universities are judging.
That is coaching, done step by step — and it continues after the offer arrives.
The practice
Seven fronts, one strategy — sequenced on a single calendar so no deadline ever arrives as a surprise.
Admission averages are protected all year through course selection and term-by-term monitoring — not rescued the week before.
Structured revision rounds sharpen the argument while keeping the student's own voice on the page.
Mock panels and answer frameworks, rehearsed until they sound unrehearsed. The interview is treated as the deciding round.
Coaching aimed at the exact band profile a programme requires — not a generic total. Targets met, scores submitted the same day.
Entrance awards follow from the average we protect all year. Files are built to a scholarship reader's standard from the first draft.
Supervision, not substitution: a defensible question, a disciplined argument, and evidence held to a serious reader's standard.
Grounded in how Western and multilateral employers actually read applications — the difference between years of trial and error and a direct path.
Selected cases
A selection, reproduced from original offers with identifying details removed. Chosen for breadth — the comprehensive service, practised rather than promised.
The offers themselves
A few of the letters behind the record. Tap any letter to read it in full.
In their words
Founder & Principal Advisor
The advisor
Jack has guided families through university admissions since 2017 — on both sides of the Pacific, and at every level from first undergraduate applications to funded doctorates. He began teaching in Canada in 2017 and has served on the faculty of leading international schools in Shanghai since 2022.
The practice is deliberately comprehensive: course planning, writing instruction, language preparation, application documents, scholarship candidacy, internships, and career planning — the last informed by a working knowledge of Western employment markets that can spare a graduate years of misdirected effort.
Working with us
We accept a limited number of engagements each cycle, by referral or introduction. If our approach resonates, we would be glad to talk.
A few lines is enough to start. We reply personally.
We reply personally, and usually within a day or two. For the fastest response, reach us on WeChat.
WeChat is the fastest way to reach us — and works everywhere in China.
Usually replies within one business day.