From application to freshman year: a Yale graduate in your family's corner

Your child's dream school is closer than you think.One Yale graduate, eight families, every essay read by the same person.

White-glove college admissions coaching from a Yale graduate, from applications through freshman year.

Only 8 students accepted per application season. Early deadlines: November 1.

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Year 1coaching continues through freshman year
The reality

The admissions game has never been harder.

1

Single-digit odds

Acceptance rates at the most selective schools now sit in the single digits. Strong grades and test scores get a file read. A clear story, told well and backed by the right choices in 10th and 11th grade, is what gets it admitted.

2

A global applicant pool

Your child is up against motivated students from every state and dozens of countries, many of them with professional guidance from sophomore year on. The bar keeps rising because the pool keeps growing.

3

Parents navigating blind

School counselors often carry hundreds of students. Online advice is contradictory. Deadlines, supplements, financial aid forms, and interview requests pile up in the busiest year of high school. Most families are doing this for the first time, with no one to call.

The offer

Everything your family needs, in one place.

Core program

Senior-year intensive

$12,000 per student, per season
  • 1-on-1 admissions strategy and a tailored school list
  • Unlimited essay coaching: personal statement and every supplement, unlimited revisions
  • Full Common App review before submission
  • Interview prep with mock interviews and feedback
  • Monthly parent strategy calls
  • Direct text access to Ronald

Included bonuses

Total bonus value: $8,000

  • Freshman-year success coaching through year one $3,000
  • Scholarship and financial aid strategy $1,500
  • Waitlist and deferral playbook $1,000
  • Summer and extracurricular positioning plan $2,000
  • Essay framework library and interview question bank $500
Total value $20,000: yours for $12,000

Payment options: 3 payments of $4,000, or $10,000 pay-in-full.

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How it works

Three steps to a clear plan.

1

Submit your application below

Tell us about your student, their goals, and your biggest concern. It takes about three minutes.

2

Free 20-minute consultation call

We talk through where your student stands today and whether the program is a fit. If it is not, I will tell you.

3

We build your admissions strategy together

If we both say yes, we map the school list, the timeline, and the story. Then we get to work.

Ronald, founder of Meridian
About Ronald

A Yale graduate in your family's corner.

Ronald is a Yale graduate and engineer at a leading Silicon Valley tech company. He has spent years coaching teenagers and their parents through the admissions process, from building a school list that makes sense to drafting essays that sound like the student and not like a committee. He knows what admissions readers respond to because he has sat where your child is sitting and come out the other side.

He takes only 8 students per season. That is deliberate. Every family gets his direct attention, his phone number, and a coach who knows their student's story cold. There are no junior counselors and no hand-offs, from the first call through the end of freshman year.

Our promise

Your student will be admitted to a top-50 school on their list. If not, I keep coaching them free through waitlists, appeals, and transfer applications until they are.

Families we have worked with

What parents say.

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60-second readiness quiz

How ready is your student?

Four quick questions. You get a short, honest readiness summary and a clear next step.

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Questions

Frequently asked questions.

Is hiring an admissions consultant ethical?

Yes, when it is done the right way. Our job is to help your student understand the process, make good decisions, and present who they genuinely are as clearly as possible. Families with means have always had access to this kind of guidance through private school counselors and family networks. We make that same expertise available to you, and we never misrepresent a student or do the work for them.

Do you write my child's essays for them?

No. We coach. Your student writes every word. We help them find the story worth telling, structure it, and revise it as many times as it takes. Admissions officers read thousands of essays and spot adult-written ones instantly. An essay in a teenager's real voice is far more persuasive than a polished essay in someone else's.

What grades do you work with?

Primarily 10th through 12th grade. The senior-year intensive is our flagship, covering the school list, every essay, the Common App, interviews, and decisions. Sophomores and juniors get the most out of the summer and extracurricular positioning work, which shapes the story they will tell later.

We're starting late: is it too late?

No. We run an essay sprint track for late starters, which compresses the school list, personal statement, and supplements into a focused schedule ahead of the November 1 early deadlines and the January regular deadlines. Reach out now and we will tell you honestly what is realistic in the time left.

In-person or virtual?

Virtual nationwide over video, with direct text access in between sessions. In-person sessions are available for families in the San Francisco Bay Area. See the Bay Area page.

What does freshman-year success coaching include?

Through your student's first year we cover course selection, study systems that hold up under a college workload, how to build relationships with professors, and early preparation for internships and research opportunities. The goal is a student who thrives, not just one who arrives.

What if my child is not admitted anywhere good?

Our promise is simple: your student will be admitted to a top-50 school on their list. If not, Ronald keeps coaching them free through waitlists, appeals, and transfer applications until they are. You are not left on your own after decision day.

How is this different from big admissions firms?

At a large firm you buy the founder's reputation and get assigned a junior counselor. Here you work directly with the founder, a Yale graduate, from the first call to the last. You are never handed off. The 8-student cap per season exists so that stays true.

Application

Apply now: 8 spots per season.

Three short steps. We reply within one business day to schedule your free 20-minute consultation call.

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About your student

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