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College counselors shouldn't have to cover your whole senior class alone.

That's where Almaya helps.

Almaya runs a workshop to get your students started, then personally pairs them with tailored, budget-friendly specialists to help them the rest of the way.

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The Problem

The math doesn't work for one counselor and a whole senior class.

Every student needs help with strategy, activities, and essays for every school on their list. That adds up fast.

hours of one-on-one guidance per student

students per counselor, typical private school

hours needed for one senior class, every year

That's 600 hours of uninterrupted one-on-one time — roughly fifteen straight 40-hour workweeks. September through December, doing nothing else. No counselor has that.

Calculate: what percent of the job can your counselor actually do?

One-on-one guidance only for seniors — assumes the average student applies to 10 colleges.

Seniors this year

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Hours/week per counselor, one-on-one with seniors

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of what every senior needs, covered

*Assumes about 5 months between the start of school and application deadlines (~20 weeks).

The Workshop

Rethinking the college essay.

One hour, led by Razi and Eitan.

0:00

Razi

Harvard InterviewerPublished Author

Makes sure every essay gets the same care as the personal statement.

Eitan

NYU MFA

Turns a tangled draft into an essay that sounds like the student who wrote it.

20+ years, one senior class at a time.

A senior walks in with a tangle of questions. Every workshop starts the same way.

"How can I connect it all?"

"Can teachers write something different?"

"I don't know where to start."

0:00 – 0:15

Part One: What Schools Actually Care About

What admissions officers are really reading for behind the checklist — and how that should shape every choice a student makes from here on.

0:15 – 0:30

Part Two: Building the Application

The strategy behind a cohesive application — activities, recommenders, and story lining up instead of pulling in different directions.

0:30 – 1:00

Part Three: Writing Standout Essays

Hands-on drafting and live edits — turning a blank page into an essay that sounds like the student who wrote it. Every question from the start gets answered here.

Every student walks out with a printed booklet of 50+ successful essays to keep.

Part Two: The Matching

Personally matched, not left to guess.

After the workshop, we follow up directly with parents and students who need more than an hour can give, and pair them with a specialist suited to their goals and budget.

Direct Follow-Up

Personal outreach, no forms to fill out alone.

Curated Parent Groups

Built around your school's community.

Matched to Budget

Experts at every price tier.

See some of our tutors here

Arianna Z.

Cornell University · Class of 2017

JD/MBA storyteller who helps students find the honest, specific narrative underneath a generic topic.

Tier 2 — Coach

$150/hr

Jacob F.

Yale University · Class of 2024

Yale TA who has tutored SATs, CS, and executive functioning — got both his brothers into Columbia and Ferkauf's PsyD program.

Tier 1 — Mentor

$100/hr

Sarah R.

Yale University · BA 2012

Published essayist and former journalist whose students have gone on to Colgate, Princeton, and Harvard Law.

Tier 3 — Strategist

$300/hr

Jonathan M.

NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Produced screenwriter and storyteller who has helped students land NYU Early Decision and CUNY's PhD program.

Tier 2 — Coach

$75/hr

WHAT FAMILIES ARE SAYING

"Our expert understood my daughter's goals immediately and helped her craft applications that truly reflected who she is."

— Parent of a Brown '28 Admit

"Neva was so kind and amazing! She helped me the same day over Zoom, cutting down my word count while keeping my voice."

— Student, on Neva

"Gabriel's expertise and personalized approach helped our daughter craft concise, authentic essays that boosted her confidence."

— Parent, on Gabriel

"Joseph helped me brainstorm topics and ideas for my essays. He was always on time and communicated professionally."

— Student, on Joseph

"I was accepted to Harvard, Yale, Cornell, and Dartmouth — because of Razi's unmatched teaching and genuine care."

— Student, on Razi

"Thanks to Eitan's guidance, our daughter was accepted into a remarkable list of universities and received over $284,000 in scholarships."

— Parent, on Eitan

Questions Schools Ask

Before you reach out.

Nothing. The workshop is free for schools — we're compensated through the tutoring matches that follow, not by billing the school.

Both. The math is even starker at public schools, where counselor ratios often run higher than the private-school average we cite above.

We're not a replacement — we're extra hours your counselor doesn't have. The workshop covers the class-wide basics; one-on-one matching picks up where their bandwidth runs out.

Test-prep companies teach a test. We teach the application — essays, strategy, and story — and personally match students with a specialist rather than assigning whoever's available.

Ready When You Are

Schedule your workshop.

Tell us a bit about your school and we'll follow up to set up a time to talk.

We'll follow up within one business day

To find a time to talk through the workshop.

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