Our Services
The process of applying to the world's leading schools is not only complex, but also highly competitive, with acceptance rates to top universities like Stanford, now under 4%. Crimson’s unique admissions consultancy model lifts students above the global applicant pool addressing every aspect of the
University Admissions
Crimson is the world's leading US & UK admissions counsellor. Our student's disproportionately high rate of success is due to our unique model which teams students with Ivy/Oxbridge & other top university graduate experts who work with them 1:1 to perfect every part of their application.
Our Specialities
US Universities Admissions Support
From the Ivy League to Stanford, MIT and many more... Crimson helps students reach their ultimate college admissions goals.
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UK University Admissions Support
From Oxford to Cambridge, UCL to LSE, Crimson students have the highest global admissions success rate to the UK Top 10 and more.
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Extracurricular and Leadership Mentoring
Having a highly personalised and comprehensive extracurricular and leadership (ECL) profile is essential to creating a competitive college application. It is necessary to showcase your personal and intellectual interests in a way that helps you stand out above the crowd. These six points represent the key building blocks your Crimson ECL mentor will work with you to achieve.
- Identify and develop your unique personal interests
- Brainstorm ideas and narrow down on a project plan
- Set timelines and goals
- Build a project infrastructure
- If applicable, recruit partners or find funding
- Market your project and scale it to make more impact
Essay Writing Development
Your essays hold a unique degree of importance on the success of your application. That's why we provide every student with a specialist essay mentor — someone who has graduated from a top university themselves and knows what admissions officers are looking for.Â
Top essays will show a window into the student’s character and personality - offering admissions officers a unique view into the student they want to admit and bringing to life the grades and accomplishments that colour the rest of the application.
The Common App Personal Statement
This essay is a major determining factor in top college admissions. It can be extremely difficult to master without the nuanced guidance of experts who understand how to craft an essay that makes an impression.
Supplemental College Essays
A vital element in convincing admissions officers that you deeply understand why you will be a great fit for their institution. Details are incredibly important, as is knowing exactly how to construct a concise essay that will resonate with that particular school.
Scholarship Essays
These essays highlight why you have applied for this scholarship, how your life experience relates to your application, and what you will contribute to campus if successful. Our mentors understand how to maximise your chances of success via creative expression.
UCAS Personal Statement
Our UK experts are well-versed in the nuance of academic and experience driven essays that convince admissions officers that you are dedicated to their university and are qualified to undertake the course you are applying to.
Academic Acceleration
From the SAT or ACT to AP of IB, learn from top scorers and hand-picked, highly qualified teachers who have helped countless students lift their standardised test scores and GPAs to build Ivy League-worthy academic profiles.
Our tutors are hand-picked for their results, experience and their own academic background (and many being graduates of top colleges including the Ivy League, Stanford, MIT and more)
Our Tutoring Offerings
While the great majority of our students benefit from tutoring as part of their college admissions support programs, there is also the option to purchase tutoring programs as stand-alone offerings. Here are some examples of programs we offer to current and new Crimson students:
Advance Placement (AP)
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Our AP tutors are some of the best in the world, helping their students lift their scores to the steady 4s and 5s necessary for top college admission.
We offer scores of subjects — many of which may not be offered by your school (many of our students supplement their school AP study with additional subjects from Crimson).
International Baccalaureate (IB)
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With a growing number of US students opting for the IB curriculum, our IB tutoring offerings include a multitude of subjects from English to mathematics, the sciences, economics, history, languages and many others.
More Crimson IB students score 44+ than any other tutoring company!
SAT and ACT Exams
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Our SAT and ACT tutoring is known nationwide for its record of lifting students’ scores by 150 (SAT) or 5 (ACT) points or more.
Using a specialised tutoring approach built by former Ivy League professors and PhDs, we offer comprehensive programs with a multitude of practice tests and highly personalised guidance.
College Sport Recruitment
We devise a unique recruitment strategy for each athlete that aligns with their individual priorities.
Each athlete’s circumstance is different. As such, each athlete’s recruitment strategy should be unique. At Crimson, we have the ability to combine our intensive, personalised athletic development and recruitment strategy with our elite college admissions consulting services to ensure that our athletes achieve their goals in the admissions process.Â
From the very beginning, we work with athletes and their families to understand their athletic goals, academic ambitions, financial needs and any other priorities that they have, and then we devise a strategy that intentionally addresses these priorities.
