Graduate School Applications
Full application support for master's, PhD, MBA, medical, and law school candidates, covering school list strategy, statements of purpose, research and advisor outreach, recommender management, and interview preparation for programs in the US, Canada, the UK, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Graduate admissions is not undergraduate admissions with a higher bar. Each track is read by a different committee asking a different question: a PhD program wants to know whether your research interests match a specific advisor's lab, an MBA committee wants to see what you have led and what you will do with the degree, medical schools read for sustained clinical motivation across a primary application and a dozen secondaries, and law schools weigh a numbers grid before turning to the personal statement. We build every application around the question its readers are actually asking.
Four Application Tracks
One team, four sets of rules. Your counselor works the track you are applying to rather than a shared template.
Master's & Doctoral Programs
Research-driven applications, where fit with a named faculty member often matters more than the ranking of the department.
Research interest mapping against active labs and faculty
Advisor outreach emails and pre-application contact
Statement of purpose and personal history statement
Funding strategy: assistantships, fellowships, external grants
Academic CV and writing sample selection
Briefing packets for research supervisors writing your letters
Business School
Leadership evidence and a credible post-MBA plan, told across short essays that punish vagueness.
Career goal framing: short-term role, long-term direction
Leadership and impact stories drawn from your work record
School-specific essays for every program on your list
A one-page resume rebuilt for admissions readers, not recruiters
Recommender selection and coaching on what to cover
Behavioural and case-style interview practice
Medical School
A long cycle with two rounds of writing: the primary application, then secondaries from every school that asks for more.
AMCAS, AACOMAS, and OMSAS primary applications
Personal comments essay and the 15 activity entries
Secondary essays produced school by school, on deadline
Clinical, research, and service experience positioning
Committee letters and individual letters of recommendation
MMI and traditional interview practice, including ethics stations
Law School
A numbers-first read, followed by a personal statement that has to make the file memorable in a few hundred words.
A school list built around the LSAT and GPA medians you can reach
Personal statement and diversity statement
Optional essays, addenda, and character-and-fitness disclosures
A resume for admissions readers, including work and service history
Academic and professional recommenders
LLM applicants: credential evaluation and English requirements
What Every Engagement Includes
Candidacy evaluation
An honest read of your transcript, test scores, and research or work record, and where the gaps are while there is still time to close them.
School list
A reach, target, and likely list built from your profile and each program's placement record, not from a ranking printout.
Statements
Brainstorming through final edits on the statement of purpose or personal statement, plus every supplemental essay a school asks for.
CV or resume
Rebuilt for an academic or admissions reader, with research, publications, and work experience ordered by relevance.
Recommendations
Choosing recommenders, briefing them with the material they need, and tracking submission before the deadline.
Interview preparation
Mock interviews in the format your programs use, from MMI circuits to case questions to faculty research conversations.
Test strategy
Score targets set against your school list, a study and retake calendar, and a matched one-on-one specialist for the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, or MCAT.
Submission management
Portals, transcripts, credential services, deadlines, and the follow-up items that arrive after you submit.
How We Work
Evaluate
We review your academic record, test history, research or professional experience, and goals, then tell you plainly which programs are realistic and what would have to change to widen that range.
Strategize
We set the school list and build the calendar backwards from the earliest deadline, including test dates, recommender requests, and the weeks reserved for secondaries and interviews.
Tell your story
Statements, essays, CV, and recommender materials are drafted and revised until the file reads as one argument rather than a stack of documents.
Apply and interview
We manage submission across portals, prepare you for each interview format, and advise on waitlist letters, offer comparisons, and funding negotiations.
Entrance Exams
We do not hand you a generic prep course. We set the score your target list actually requires, decide whether a retake is worth the delay it costs, and match you with a specialist tutor for one-on-one GRE, GMAT, LSAT, or MCAT preparation. Where a program is test-optional, or accepts either the GRE or the GMAT, we advise on whether submitting helps your particular file.
Program Details
Who it is for
Undergraduates applying directly, working professionals returning for a degree, and reapplicants after an unsuccessful cycle.
Degrees covered
MS, MEng, MA, MPH, MPP, PhD, MBA, MD and DO, JD and LLM.
Regions
United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
When to start
Twelve to eighteen months before the first deadline for PhD and medical applicants; six to twelve months for master's, MBA, and law.
Format
One-on-one, in person in Vancouver or online, in English or Mandarin.
Reapplicants
A diagnostic review of the previous cycle, covering the file, school list, and interview record, before the application is rebuilt.
Ready to start your journey?
Book a free consultation to learn which program is right for your child.