PERSONAL ADMISSIONS GUIDANCE

A small team for a decision that never feels small.

Whether you’re choosing universities or finding your essay ideas, we’ll help you work out what comes next, with a mentor who gets to know you.

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45 minutes with your proposed mentor. A personalized plan follows by email.

96%

of students received an offer from a program identified as a top choice.

Across the five most recently completed admissions cycles

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FIND YOUR STARTING POINT

The right support starts with where you are.

Start with the decision in front of you. We can help you explore your options, prepare an application, or make sense of your offers.

Tree-lined paths through Harvard Yard — Chris Rycroft · CC BY 2.0. Cropped.

Harvard University — Chris Rycroft · CC BY 2.0. Cropped.

UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS

Find colleges that fit you.

Build your college list and bring your interests to life in your application.

Explore undergraduate support

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University of Oxford — Honcques Laus · CC0. Cropped.

UK & OXBRIDGE ADMISSIONS

Find the course you want to pursue.

Explore your subject and prepare for UK applications, tests, and interviews.

Explore UK admissions support

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Choate Rosemary Hall — KyleR0909 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped.

PRIVATE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS

Choose a school where you can grow.

Explore school choices and build the interests, study habits, and confidence to thrive.

Explore private-school support

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Harvard Business School — ajay_suresh · CC BY 4.0. Cropped.

MASTER’S & MBA APPLICATIONS

Connect your experience to what’s next.

Choose programs and explain how your experience prepares you for your next step.

Explore master’s and MBA support

Looking for help with one part of the process?

A LITTLE GUIDANCE YOU CAN USE NOW

A college list gets better when your questions get more specific.

Start with two universities you’re curious about. Compare what you would study, how you would learn, and what your family would pay.

How we help

We help you find the details, question your assumptions, and build a balanced list around what matters to you.

Explore our free undergraduate guides

Look beyond the university name.Three questions for your shortlist

What would I study?: Find a course you would genuinely look forward to taking.
How would I learn?: Look at teaching formats, class sizes, and the room to explore other subjects.
What would it cost us?: Compare the full cost, then check the aid available to your family.

Write down one reason each university fits you and one question you still have.

Student results

Our students earn offers worldwide.

U.S. Top 20 university offers: 200+
UK Top 10 university offers: 175+
Graduate and MBA offers: 100+

Across the five most recently completed admissions cycles. How we report results

Explore a selection of our offers by application path.

Explore our students’ results

PEOPLE ON YOUR SIDE

Your mentor is chosen for experience and care.

We carefully select mentors who listen, offer honest feedback, and help you feel comfortable asking questions. One lead mentor gets to know you and guides your work.

How we choose and match mentors

Our team has guided students of different ages and stages. Their careers span technology, finance, consulting, education, and government at leading companies and institutions.

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE OFFERS

Our students found their own way forward.

Explore all client journeys

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D.K. · UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS

D.K.’s essay showed how she learned to question her assumptions.

HOW WE HELPED

We helped her turn a lunch-subsidy disagreement into a personal essay, then compare courses and financial-aid offers.

HER OFFERS

Her choice: Penn. She chose room to combine economics and philosophy after comparing curricula and actual financial-aid offers.

Read D.K.’s full story

GIVING BACK

Giving back is part of how we work.

We believe good guidance and good resources should reach everyone, including students who can’t afford to pay for them.

Much of what Letrado earns goes toward scholarships and financial support for students from low-income families, in communities where our team volunteers often.

Where our team volunteers

Southeast Asia
Latin America
Africa
Eastern Europe
The United States

Read how we give back

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START WITH A CONVERSATION

Let’s work out your next step, together.

Bring your questions to a free 45-minute introduction with your proposed mentor. We’ll listen, talk through your options, and send you a personalized plan by email. No scare tactics and no pressure to sign up: we’ll tell you honestly what we think, even if that means pointing you somewhere else.

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