Applying to the best colleges in the US is a long and demanding process. On top of your regular extracurricular activities and school responsibilities, you need to prepare for the SATs and write a lot of essays. Personal compromises, a complete reorganization of time, and a huge determination are needed to have a real chance. I would have never com...

My experience with Upgrade has been a very enjoyable one and I owe most of that to my mentor. She's an incredible mentor and an amazing person from whom I've learned a ton of things. We communicated well and had great synergy. I could share with her all the anxiety, hope and joy that comes with applying for US Universities and she's been nothing bu...

When I first thought about studying Medicine in the UK, the process seemed really difficult and it almost scared me off from applying. However, after I started working with Upgrade Education everything changed and the whole process became clear. My mentor taught me to write about myself, my work experience, my academic achievements and my motivat...

During high school, I was more concerned with Olympiad results than multidisciplinary development, so when I started thinking about applying to college I realized I was not at all prepared for this challenge. The application process to a top university requires a detailed presentation of your passion and motivation and I lacked the skills necessary...

Upgrade Education advised me which path to choose. I worked with Upgrade mentors weekly since September 2018, until the completion of my last application. Over this period, things started slowly settling in my mind, and Upgrade was the perfect catalyst. I don't think I could have found better advice.I would say my achievements are due to them i...

Upgrade is a community of passionate people, truly eager to help, who enjoy the successes of their students and are saddened by their failures almost as much as the students themselves. Nothing in the Upgrade experience seems impersonal, artificial, or ordinary. Working with my mentors, I realized one crucial thing: they were people from Harvard, ...

I truly believe that if I wouldn’t have collaborated with Upgrade, I wouldn’t have gotten into my dream university. My mentor was always able to just push and direct me enough to get in the right direction. Thanks to her passion, I was able to showcase who I really am the absolute best.I am forever thankful for my mentor and Upgrade! Thank you...

I can still recall the overwhelming feeling of breathless panic when I first decided to sit down and write my college essay drafts. I would look at the prompts and hundreds of small ideas would instantly pop into my head, but when my fingers touched the keys of my laptop no word felt right. My sentences sounded artificial, my experiences came acros...

My first interaction with Upgrade Education came shortly after I had finished 10th grade when I signed up for the SAT Summer Intensive Study program. Although I was used neither to writing argumentative essays nor to participating in debates, thanks to my mentor’s observations I rapidly figured out that a well-written essay doesn’t consist of bomba...

My journey with Upgrade Education began after a call and a one-on-one free session, where we established what parts of my then-nonexisting application had to be constructed, enforced and insisted upon. I first took part in the Creative Writing course, which managed to undo years and years of writing anxiety. Although in the beginning I doubted mys...

At Upgrade Education you get a sense of belonging. I faced several challenges on the way but I was offered all the help I needed. To me, Upgrade Education are the people who helped me reach my true potential. They guided and showed me that I can become a top university student and that my goals are truly attainable. I was able to pursue my dream, s...

Upgrade Education put me into contact with my mentor, without whom I would not have been able to get this far. It's hard to find someone who studies the same subject and at the same university that you want to apply to, so Upgrade made that easier. I had constant support throughout the entire admission process and was able to find my own rhythm whi...

The Upgrade mentors were friendly, caring and professional. They helped me discover my strong suits and my weaknesses, and with their support, I finally found the courage to apply to my dream university programmes. The most important part for me was that, through conversations with my mentor, I learned to look deeper into my passions and ambitions,...

At Upgrade, I found exactly the support I needed. The mentors’ teaching style catered to my specific needs and motivated me to continue pursuing my objective even when I ran into difficult situations. Here, I found a very dedicated and enthusiastic team, devoted to helping me accomplish my dream, who stood by my side the entire time.

It all started with a dream of studying in the US. Turning the dream into reality was, nevertheless, an extremely demanding process. Only those who have walked this path know how difficult it can get to harmonize the preparation for the SAT exams and the writing of your essays (lots of essays!) with the studying for high school classes and exams, ...

I wanted to mix business (by trying to get admitted to a top-tier university) and pleasure (by choosing a country with a culture that I felt could help me grow gracefully) and this is how I came to the conclusion that the Netherlands will be the most suitable place for me. // I wanted to get the best of both worlds by trying to get admitted to a to...

My mentor prepared me for my interviews, asking me to solve problems whose reasoning and original solutions seemed eye-catching for these universities. She encouraged me to be honest and to tell her whether a mathematics or physics problem we discussed was fully understood because it is no shame in admitting we are not perfect, as not even these to...

Upgrade Education and the mentor I have worked with helped me grasp and value my potential to get into top universities. My mentor and the work we have done together have made me acquire self-confidence - an essential part of the application process as well as a powerful skill for the future. Collaborating with Upgrade Education was the best decisi...

"Working with Upgrade has been a pleasant and unique experience, especially due to the people I have worked with. My mentor was very involved in the application process, and because he was in the same position as me a short time ago, he knew the questions I had about applying to the UK. His advice was effective and helped me develop my skills very ...

It all started 10 months ago when I decided to apply to university in the United States. A decision usually preceded by a long and thoroughly thought process, yet a rather impulsive one for me. I knew that I was running out of time and that everybody else had already started the process. Nonetheless, I was determined to give my absolute best to mak...

The quality of the mentoring rose to expectations and reputation: the feedback on the essays was always relevant, complex, and accurate. Throughout the collaboration, I appreciated the professional attitude of the company, expressed through punctuality, frankness, and precise objectives. I am convinced that my success in entering Cambridge is due t...

My collaboration with Upgrade will remain the most memorable part of my college application process. Each course achieved its goal quickly and efficiently - I obtained top 0.5% scores for my SATs, I learned to write essays at a university level, and I came to have a set of applications I was proud of. Moreover, I gained skills that proved crucial l...

I would say that a big percentage of my success in getting accepted into MIT is due to my mentor's help and effort. The most valuable thing throughout my coaching is that he kept me motivated, encouraged me and made me realise I was moving towards a real goal. At the beginning of the process, it was extremely difficult to really open up in my essay...