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College admissions counseling ensures a successful collegiate & career future

College Planning | College Application | College Essay
Ivyboost
high school student thinking on college application essays

College admissions counseling ensures a successful collegiate future

College Planning | College Application | College Essay
Ivyboost
high school student thinking on college application essays

College admissions counseling ensures a successful collegiate future

College Planning | College Application | College Essay
Ivyboost

You've got the good grades, accolades, and extracurriculars.
College admissions counseling helps top-tier universities understand why
you're too good to ignore.

College Admissions is Certainly Getting Harder. Here's Why College Admissions Counseling Can Be an Especially Valuable Service:

28%

Average admissions rate into top 50 universities

28%

~We break through that percentage and give you the tools needed to get into the college you surely want.
Start down the road to collegiate success

760

Students per guidance counselor on average in CA public high schools

760

~How is that helping our children succeed? Moreover, are you or your child one of the ones overlooked?
Start down the road to collegiate success

4.5%

Average admissions rate into top 10 universities

4.5%

~It takes more than hard work and good grades to be in that upper percentage. Let Ivyboost guide you through your college counseling and admissions when you need to succeed.
Start down the road to collegiate success

How Do YOU Stand Out in a Sea of College Applicants?

Whether your dream school is big or small, public or private, in-state or out-of-state, having proper advising in a student's college planning journey can after all make a huge impact on admission success.

IvyBoost offers career planning and college admissions counseling, explicitly customized to each student's unique personality, performance, career interest and college goals.

IvyBoost counselors guide students through step-by-step planning to build up their overall profiles, as well as help them choose right colleges and majors, craft quality essays and submit outstanding college applications & financial aid/scholarship applications to stand out.

Our College Counseling Services

College Planning

(up to 11th Grade)

We don’t just look at grades. We also use our in-depth assesments to help us deeply understand our students.
Then our 6-module college planning program helps us guide their progress, and put them on the right path to getting into desired colleges.

College Application

(12th Grade and up)

Let’s show the top schools why they want you over everyone else. We’ll make the process easy with a 10-step application, lead by professional admissions counselors and essay mentors. Additionally, your college application process will be smooth and effective.

Worried that your personal story won’t shine? We can help. We offer brainstorming and essay mentoring for college applicants.   

Our College Admissions Outcomes

100%

of applicants accepted into 4-year universities

90%

get into their top preferred colleges!

70%

received scholarships

100%

of qualified applicants received financial aid

Student Success Highlight

V.C.
Lynbrook High School
2024

Admitted Colleges: Carnegie Mellon | NYU | Purdue | UIUC | Rensselaer | Texas A&M | UCSB | CalPoly Pomona |   

Major: Mechanical Engineering

 

K.L.
Mission San Jose
High School
2024

Admitted Colleges: USC | Northeastern Purdue | UIUC | Santa Clara | UC Riverside | UC Santa Cruz | CalPoly SLO | CalPoly Pomona | CSU Long Beach| SJSU |    

Scholarships Received: USC $32000 x 4 Years 

Major: Arts, Technology & Business 

N.P.
Amador Valley
High School
2024

Admitted Colleges: Northeastern | Rensselaer | CU Boulder | Rutgers | OSU | Baylor | ASU | UC Santa Cruz | UC Riverside | CalPoly Pomona

Scholarships Received: Rensselaer $32000 x 4 Years, ASU $50000/4 Years, Baylor $73000/4 Years

 Major: Computer Science

A.N.
Mission San Jose High School
2024

Admitted Colleges: NYU Stern School of Business (ED)

Major: Business

O. B.
Mountain View High School
2023

Admitted Colleges: Cornell University (ED)

Major: Mechanical Engineering

A.U.
Irvington High School
2023

Admitted Colleges: U of Oregon | UC Merced | UC Riverside | UC Irvine | UC Davis | UC Santa Cruz | UC San Diego | UIUC | SJSU   

Scholarships Received: U of Oregon $15k x 4 Years | UC Riverside  $13,500 x 4 Years | UC Santa Cruz $13,500 x 4 Years

Major: Computer Science/Cognitive Science

N.S.
Dougherty Valley
High School
2023

Admitted Colleges: Bryn Mawr | Lafayette | Skidmore | NYU | Temple | Muhlenberg College

 Major: Psychology

J.D.
Homestead High School
2023

Admitted Colleges: Northeastern | U of San Francisco |UC San Diego |
Cal Poly – SLO | SJSU | Art Center College of Design

Scholarships Received: University of San Francisco $24k x 4 Years

Major: Graphic Design

D. Y.
Johnson High School
2023

Admitted Colleges: University of Texas Austin | Baylor University | UIUC | Texas A&M | SMU | TCU | UT Dallas | Ohio State

Scholarships Received: UT Austin – Full Ride; Baylor: $54,324 x 4 Years

Major: Business & Biology/Pre-Med

L. S.
Mission San Jose
High School
2022

Admitted Colleges: University of Pennsylvania (ED)

Major: English/Business

G. F.
James Logan High School
2021

Admitted Colleges: Wellesley College | Hamilton College | Georgetown University | UC Berkeley | UC San Diego | UC Irvine

Scholarships Received: Wellesley  $59,769 x 4 Years | Hamilton: $61,090 x 4 Years | Georgetown: $15,000 x 4 Years, UC Berkeley: $29500 x 4 Years

Major: Political Science

J. L.
Mission San Jose
High School
2020

Admitted Colleges: Cornell University (ED)

 Major: Biology/Pre-Med

N. Z.
Irvington High School
2019

Admitted Colleges: Notre Dame | Carnegie Mellon | Boston University | Case Western | UIUC | Penn State | Purdue | Fordham | UCI | UCSD | UCSB | UCD | Santa Clara | SJSU

Scholarships Received: Case Western $25,000 x 4 Years, Fordham $25,000 x 4 years, Santa Clara  $13,000 x 4 year

Major: Business Administration

A. Z.
California High School
2017

Admitted Colleges: UC Berkeley | UCSB Honors | UC Davis | UC Irvine | Boston University

Scholarships Received: Boston University $48,870 x 4 years, | UC Berkeley $21,600 x 4 years | UCSB $21,145 x 4 years

Major: Biology/Pre-Med

M. K.
American High School
2019

Admitted Colleges: Carnegie Mellon | Georgia Tech | Case Western | UIUC | Purdue | UCSD | UCD | UCI | UCR | UCM | ASU

Scholarships Received: ASU Full Tuition Scholarship | UC Riverside $5,000 x 4 Years | Case Western $22,500 x 4 Years | Purdue $10,000 x 4 Years

Major: Applied Math

L. Z.
Castro Valley High School
2019

Admitted Colleges: Brown University | Cornell University | USC | UC Berkeley | UCLA | UC Davis | UC San Diego

Scholarships Received: UCB $6,000 x 4 Years | USC $20,000 x 4 Years

Major: Computer Science/Engineering

A. B.
Bellarmine College Preparatory
2015

Admitted Colleges: CalTech | USC | Harvey Mudd | Santa Clara | UC Berkeley | UCLA | UCSD | UCSB

Scholarships Received: UCB $6,000 x 4 Years | Santa Clara $40,000 x 4 Years 

Major:  Bioengineering

C.H.
Mission San Jose
High School
2016

Admitted Colleges: Johns Hopkins | Georgetown | Tufts | Wellesley | Boston College | George Washington | UC Berkeley | UCLA | UCSB | UCSD

Scholarships Received: UCLA $6,000 x 4 Years | George Washington $25,000 x 4 Years

Major: International Relations

H.L.
American High School
2014

Admitted Colleges: Yale | Dartmouth | Duke | Johns Hopkins | UCLA | UCSD | UCSB

Scholarships Received: Yale $45,000 x 4  Years | Duke $55,000 x 4 Years 

Major: Computer Science

L. Y.
Mission San Jose High School
2016

Admitted Colleges: Carnegie Mellon | Georgia Tech | Michigan | UIUC | Purdue USC | UC Berkeley | UCLA | UCD | UCSD | UCSB

Scholarships Received: UC Regents $6,000 x 4 years

Major: Computer Science