Crimson Rise: The world's 1st college prep program for 11-14 year-olds

Crimson students are 4x more likely to gain admission to top-tier universities. What if they started younger? Enter Rise, the only global mentoring program for 11-14 year-olds' growth. Designed for your child—with university admissions in mind.

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Preparing for your child’s future?
Welcome to Rise.

With university admissions rates on a continued decline, Crimson is proud to have built the world’s first and only global program featuring strategic mentorship, extracurricular development, and academic support for students aged 11-14.

Rise Students benefit from Crimson’s years of experience in top-tier admissions, working 1:1 with expert educators, mentors, and tutors to define their strengths, interests, and goals for high school and university, deepen their extracurriculars, improve academic performance, and develop soft skills they’ll need to own high-impact performance in high school.

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Improve Academics

Students receive 1:1 tutoring and strategic coaching around strengths application, work style, and habit-building for optimal academic performance.

Deepen Extracurriculars

Students dive into advanced extracurriculars like entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, coding, and speech & debate with personalized instruction.

Define Passions

Students take ownership in pinpointing and nurturing their passions, preparing them to hone in strategically during high school.

Develop Soft Skills

Students learn to assess and adapt their habits, process information critically, and communicate clearly for engaged academic and extracurricular performance.

What Parents Say

We're proud of the work we do. It matters. Check out what parents have to say about Rise's impact on their children.

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“In my son’s words, ‘My life has gotten a lot better since I met Ms. Becerra. Before I met her, there were a lot of things I just couldn’t figure out how to solve, but after just a few lessons, it felt like I suddenly discovered the many ways I could solve the problems I was facing, from time management issues to things like dealing with stress and preparing things I may need for college.’”
Xu’s Parents, Taiwan
“She joined Crimson Rise when she was 11. In one year, she changed completely. After the leadership course she became more responsible and can manage her time, and became more focused and self-disciplined than before. We have to thank Crimson in their selection of Strategist; you were the perfect match for her.”

Lilac’s Parents, Kazakhstan
“We were very happy with the development of our daughter this semester. We noticed a significant evolution in social behavior. She became more disciplined: she started sleeping early, started exercising, and taking care of her eating habits - something that we used to tell her about but it went ‘in one ear and out the other.’"

Paula’s Parents, Brazil
“Our daughter really enjoys and gets a lot from her Strategy conversations and has loved the stress management, time management, and goal-setting discussions (she has) had. One of the things we’ve seen through this process is community impact, understanding what admissions officers are looking for, leadership and innovation.”

Sarah’s Parents, UK
“We are so appreciative about the support Laila got from Mrs. Crystal and Crimson in 2021. Laila finished The Giver and Diary of Anne Frank. She started to be very strongly interested in humanity and history. She started to research what happened in Afghanistan and then finished I Am Malala. And she finished 45 Crash Course Sociology lessons. Laila has been trying to understand the world and how society works because of Mrs. Crystal’s recommendatory bibliography…
Laila’s Parents, New Zealand

Rise Services

Featuring Crimson's suite of services for 11-14 year-olds

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Junior Strategy

Crimson's bespoke, 1:1 mentorship service for students aged 11-14. Bridging the gap from today to your child's university admissions season.

Student Coaching

10 1:1 coaching sessions for your child annually, with tailored sessions addressing interest exploration, extracurricular profile building, goal-setting and transferrable skills building, academic performance, and age-appropriate conversations around university admissions and career exploration. Option offered for monthly meetings!

Parent Strategy

Reports after each student session, regular program check-ins, and 1 1:1 annual Strategic Parent Alignment meeting with your child's Strategist, to align on your child's strengths and potential major/career pathways, discuss current growth areas, review your child's timeline for development, and address long-term considerations for university admissions.

Exclusive Events

Access to a global community of inspired, motivated 11-14 year-old students as well as our star Strategists, via monthly Rise Events hosted by our Strategy team. These events cover educational topics like leadership, study skills, reading habits, and cross-cultural communication while allowing students to meet peers and potential project collaborators in a safe environment.

Junior Extracurriculars

A series of unique extracurricular courses and tutoring for students aged 11-14. Enabling students to identify their passions and start building a stellar profile early.

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Foundation ECL
1:1 modular course covering foundational skills necessary for building a leadership project in high school.
Topics include research skills, critical thinking, professional communications, internships, and project management. This curriculum precedes Crimson’s ECL curriculum for high schoolers preparing university applications.
Entrepreneurship
1:1, 20-hour course covering entrepreneurship mentality, startup ideation, and financing and budgeting.
This course concludes with a final project in which the student ideates a startup, conducts market research, prototypes the startup, and builds a marketing strategy.
Social Entrepreneurship
1:1, 21-hour course covering social entrepreneurship history, case studies, and designing a social enterprise.
This course concludes with a final project in which the student analyzes elevator pitches and creates one for their own proposed enterprise.
Coding Introduction
1:1, 24-hour course covering an introduction to web development (HTML, CSS), blocks (functions, animation), and Python.
This course includes multiple hands-on exercises with revisions and debugging, including the student’s building games in Scratch.
Speech and Debate
1:1, 25-hour course covering the fundamentals of argumentation, inclusion of corroborating evidence, debate analysis, and writing argumentative essays.
This course includes assignments around analysis, argumentation, research, and writing.
Model United Nations Tutoring
1:1, 20-hour tutoring support to supplement a student’s activity in a local MUN club.
While most clubs provide a space for students to practice acting as delegates, the group setting lacks the personalized attention that can hone a student into a strong delegate. Crimson’s MUN tutoring pairs a student with an expert who refines the student’s delegate skills.
Global Language Tutoring
1:1, 20-hour tutoring support for students beginning English, French, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Japanese, or Mandarin.
This option provides support to students interested in developing a conversational level of fluency. Focus can be on any topic the student is especially interested in targeting with their tutor.