Maximize your potential with personal college advising.
At Kaplan Educational Group we are committed to our students’ long-term health, happiness, and financial independence. We provide solutions with strategies and guidance for students to identify and develop their passions, craft their stories, and persuasively demonstrate the value they will add to colleges to earn admission.
Our students have earned admission to many of their top choice colleges including Harvard, Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Vanderbilt, Cal Tech, the University of Chicago, USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Northwestern, the University of Michigan, and more. Beyond prestige, we strive to help students earn admission to colleges that are great fits for them.
What We Do
Admissions Planning + Strategy
Create a low-stress plan for every step of the college admissions process. Develop passions, skills, and perspective that admissions officers value to make the case for admission.
Application + Essay Support
Find your voice and tell your story with persuasive application essays. Receive expert guidance to showcase your personal stories of passion, leadership, and grit.
Grade-Specific Guidance
For each year of the high school journey, arrange a balanced schedule that shows your commitment to relevant academic subjects while giving yourself enough time to engage in meaningful extracurricular activities.
Graduate School + Career Advising
Your journey doesn’t stop with college acceptance. Pursue dynamic postgraduate employment opportunities or graduate school admission with targeted mentoring and application strategy.
Passion Development
Identify what inspires you and develop what you love to do to build the foundation for your future. Whether it is entrepreneurship, technology, or a creative outlet, harness your interests to build an authentic story.
Success Coaching
Reach your goals by learning how to advocate for yourself, manage your time, communicate effectively, and identify opportunities that enhance your skills and perspective.
“We are committed to empowering students to discover who they are and tell their story. Our goal is to guide students to stand out and earn admission while building critical life skills and perspective.”
Greg Kaplan, Founder
Admissions Updates
What will be the AI impact on college and career outcomes for students? There has been a lot of discussion about AI and Chat GPT in the news. For those who aren’t familiar with Chat GPT, it is a platform that is often referred to as a “language machine” or chatbot that uses statistics, reinforcement learning, and supervised learning to generate words, phrases, and sentences. What does it mean for college applicants?
What are the best cities for STEM Professionals? Our approach to college counseling is to help students identify the right educational paths for them to achieve health, happiness, and financial independence. We are firm believers in students applying to colleges that feed into strong job markets for their fields.
With AP and IB classes it is important to focus on what matters the most with the classes: the underlying grades. AP and IB classes are designed to prepare students to pass the AP and IB exams offered at the end of the school year. Therefore, AP and IB scores are a reflection of how well a teacher prepares their students to take the tests. As a result, admissions officers recognize that scores are closely correlated to teacher quality. Given that this is outside of a student’s control, admissions officers focus on the underlying grade in the class and not the exam score.
The College Board recently announced that they will be revamping the SAT in 2024. The new SAT will be offered on the computer in testing centers. The test will be shortened from three hours to two hours and allow a calculator for all math questions. The test will also be dynamic, meaning that the questions will change depending on whether a test taker answers questions correctly or incorrectly.
UCs Receive a Record Number of Applications The number of applications submitted to highly selective public and private universities continues to climb, which also is leading to already low acceptance rates falling even further. The University of California recently released statistics for the Class of 2022 application cycle. This year the UC system received a record 210,840 applications from prospective freshmen, which marked a 0.5% jump from Fall 2021 when a then-record 203,700 applied. UCLA remains the most applied to college in the nation...
Many students are keenly aware that participating in extracurricular activities such as internships, community service, and school clubs are great ways to build their academic resume in preparation for college, but part-time work is sometimes overlooked. Part-time jobs demonstrate valuable characteristics like strong time management skills, the ability to work with others, humility, etc.
Family Testimonials
“I always felt super comfortable and supported by Greg, Jae, and the Kaplan Educational Group team. From the moment I started seeing them my junior year, I knew I was in the right hands. From studying for the SAT to writing college supplements, they were there every step of the way, making my college process the best it could be. I never felt stressed or pressed for time and I think that’s what they’re so good at: managing your time and journey. I could not have asked for a better college admission experience.”
- Elaine , USC
“Greg’s strategy was focused and encouraging. It ultimately helped me get into my dream school.”
- Alex, Cal Poly SLO
“The best part about working with Greg is that he makes the process stress free. The college admissions orthodoxy has convinced students that stress is necessary when competing to achieve admission to your dream school and that the process will inevitably leave them diminished, both mentally and physically. Greg has shattered those notions and has left me energized and well-equipped to take on whatever challenges lay ahead.”
- Sam, UCLA
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