Capstone Projects For Kiwi Students Aiming For Top Universities
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What Could Your Child Achieve This School Holiday?
A 'Capstone Project' is a personal, self-directed project that showcases a student's skills, leadership, and impact beyond their NCEA, IB or A-Level grades.
Admissions Officers lap it up when students like your child maximise their time to create a project that is meaningful, achievable, and truly showcases skill and passion. Join former MIT Admissions Officer Professor David Buisson as he guides Kiwi students through the step-by-step process of turning interests into a real-world project starting this school holiday.
You'll Discover:
- How your child can develop skills, leadership, and initiative through Capstone Projects
- A step-by-step plan to grow a project from a small idea into an impactful achievement
- How to kickstart a project during the school holidays with confidence
- Real student projects that captured admissions attention
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Meet Your Speaker
David Buisson
Senior Strategic Consultant Prof. Buisson holds a PhD in Chemistry, is a former MIT Admissions Officer and senior academic leader at the University of Otago, where he served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean. With a career spanning science, business, and higher education, he combines deep academic expertise with first-hand knowledge of elite admissions. Now Crimson Education’s Chief Senior Graduate Strategist, he has mentored 200+ students into top universities, including MIT, Stanford, Oxford, and Cambridge, known for his creative, cross-disciplinary approach to top university admissions.
Why Should You Do Capstone?
A Compelling Project is a Differentiator
Top universities like Columbia, Yale, and Princeton now allow students to submit research abstracts on their application — meaning high-quality research and impactful projects are becoming a key factor in admissions. But securing research opportunities with top faculty, designing a rigorous study, and getting published can be very difficult for high school students.
“Admissions officers at top-tier universities aren't just looking for students who are good at school; they are looking for students who use their interests to make an impact on the world around them. A Capstone Project is the bridge between a student's potential and their proven achievement.”
Professor David Buisson, Former MIT Admissions Officer
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Crimson Education is the world’s leading US university admissions consultancy. We believe every student deserves personalised support from experts who graduated from top universities. From school selection and test prep to essays, extracurriculars, and interviews — we leave no stone unturned, helping you craft a standout application and boosting your chances of acceptance to the Ivy League and other top schools by over 675%.
