Communications & Admissions. Four weeks of working hard on the things you cannot fake.
For high-school students preparing for selective interviews and personal-statement essays. Built around the truth that admissions officers can see through coaching, but cannot see through someone who has actually thought about themselves carefully.
The two threads.
The interview thread.Around 15 sessions across the four weeks, run as our many-to-one format: one student, multiple facilitators in the room as fellow journeymen rather than teachers. Mock interviews are part of it — recorded, watched back, discussed. The rest is the toolkit: how to listen for the question behind the question, how to hold a panel that wants you to flinch, how to recover when an answer lands wrong.
The essay thread. The student writes their own essay. Then we make them write it again. Drafting and revisions live inside our Story Builder and Essay Coach features in the app — Story Builder for the underlying personal narrative, Essay Coach for the specific essays being submitted. The sessions are where the writing gets pulled apart together: what's working, what sounds rehearsed, what wants another pass. A final read by a second pair of eyes before submission.
What each week looks like.
Week 1 — Self
The hardest week. We work on the question every interviewer eventually asks: who are you, in a sentence that survives contact with someone smart? Mock interviews and self-questioning. An essay outline. A private journal.
Week 2 — Story
The arc and the artefact. Why one anecdote works and another sounds rehearsed. Harder mock formats begin. First essay draft, with the coach's notes on the live draft.
Week 3 — Pressure
The harder mock formats: panel, surprise, hostile, the “tell me about a time you failed” that everyone botches. Second essay draft, focused on cuts.
Week 4 — Land
Final mocks with the team in the room, simulating real selection panels. Final essay round, with a second careful reader. A closing call where we tell your student, plainly, what we think they are good at and what they should keep working on, regardless of the outcome.
A short, important list.
- We do not write essays. We coach. The student writes.
- We do not invent interests, hobbies, or stories. We help students find the ones already there.
- We do not promise an outcome. We promise an honest, well-prepared candidate.
- We do not work with students who are being pushed into this by a parent without their consent. We will tell you in week one if we think this is happening.
The when, where, and how much.
| Format | Four weeks. Around 15 sessions across the four weeks, mixing mocks, essay work, and a closing call. Online. |
|---|---|
| Next cohort | By application, tied to admissions cycles. Apply with the student's two paragraphs and we will place them in the next opening. |
| Cohort size | One student per cohort, multiple facilitators in the room. Our classic many-to-one format — facilitators alongside the student as fellow journeymen, not teachers. |
| Engagement | Pricing on request. Enterprise engagements available. |
| Apply | Two paragraphs from the student (not the parent), and the schools or programmes being applied to. |
If your child is the one who should be writing the application, this is for them.
If your child is not yet sure they want to apply, this is also for them. We are good at the first kind of clarity.