Gain an Unreasonable Advantage in College Admissions and Life

Most college coaches are nothing more than admin assistants who will check the boxes just to get the job done. We believe in actually moving the dial.

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College Prep  BY Grade LEVEL

Your Child Is Capable of Accomplishing More Than Their School Is Designed to Offer

We work with students at the top private and public schools. They are not set up to give you a true competitive edge in college admissions. We are.

OUR APPROACH

Without These, You Won't Be a Compelling Candidate

We have reverse-engineered what makes the most successful applicants and built our program around that.

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The Ability to Teach Yourself is the Ultimate Academic Flex

Learn how to get an A regardless of what class you take or the teacher you have.
Manage your schedule so your parents don't have to.
Master ethically using AI to teach yourself anything.

Make a Tangible Impact in the World Around You

Learn how to identify and solve real-world problems.
Become a more engaged member of your communities.
There is nothing worse than having to write a "How I Improved My Community Essay" when you have zero evidence.
Student preparing for ISEE private school admissions test
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Colleges Want Proof of Your Interests

Identify the best 2-3 areas of interest for you to pursue.
Learn about the best informal and formal independent study opportunities beyond classes, camps, and clubs.
Build projects bigger than you thought possible that require mentorship and development of hard and soft skills.

Turn Your Story Into Social Capital

Find your story and learn how to tell it.
Build a board of advisors that will open doors for you.
Learn how to build and nurture relationships so you become known for what you want to do in the field you want to do it.
Our Services

A Full List of Our College Prep Services

Sometimes it's nice to see it all in one place

Academic Advising
Extracurricular Advising
Volunteering Advising
Summer Programs & Enrichment Guidance
Summer Program Applications Support
Independent Studies Advisement
Special Project Planning & Coaching
Community Impact Coaching
Coaching for Awards & Recognition
Gaining Real-World Experience
Resume & LinkedIn Profile Building
Self-Development Coaching
Talent & Interest Assessments
Leadership Development Coaching
How To Improve Your Writing
Scheduling & Time Management
Test Taking and Study Skills
Improve Your Relationships With Teachers
How to Maintain a 3.8+ Unweighted GPA
How to Teach Yourself Ethically Using AI 
Public Speaking & Presentation Skills
Major and Career Assessment
Long-Term Career & Financial Planning
Network Building & Cold Outreach Skills
How To Send Professional Emails
How to Make Professional Phone Calls
Assistance Finding Professional Mentors
Building a Personal Board of Advisors
Sports Recruiting & Leveraging Sports
Parent Guidance
Timeline & Milestone Management
Progress Tracking & Reporting
IMPACT SpotLIGHT

Our Students Become the Very Best in Their Tracks

This is what students gain when they partner with us—support that goes beyond acceptance letters to build futures filled with purpose and success.

Teddy, engineered a solar-powered AI drone to detect wildfires

Teddy engineered a solar-powered drone modeled after geese flight. With Kate’s mentorship, he applied AI for design optimization, collaborated with a Lockheed Martin engineer, and partnered with his local fire department to explore how to detect wildfires.
IMPACT
Built a solar-powered AI drone for wildfire detection.
Mentored by a Lockheed Martin engineer.
Gained an internship building hypersonic flight components used by the US Air Force.
Showed initiative beyond school robotics clubs.
Teddy S.
Aeronautical engineering
Skills Developed
Advanced engineering, AI, Networking

Abby, launched a bone marrow donor campaign that saves lives

What started as an effort to save a friend's life, turned into starting a club at the local university and appearing on TV.
Abby joined forces with her mom to educate the public on the need for bone marrow donors in the African American community.
IMPACT
Learned how to solve a real problem she identified in her community
Became an expert in a niche within her field of interest
Learned how to scale the project to multiple groups so it was not reliant on just her efforts
The importance of the project garnered local media attention
Abby B.
Medical
Skills Developed
Community impact, medical research, outreach

Hear Ava's story of how she became a marketing expert by age 16

When Ava came to us, she had a lot of ground to cover to become a competitive business school candidate. But she is a great example of someone who showed up, made the most of our program, and benefited from the results.
MEASURABLE RESULTS
Redesigned logo, website, flyers and business cards
Revamped offers, pricing, and services
Executed a personalize digital outreach program
Marketed , attracted & converted high ticket clients
Tripled the Revenue of the Business

In College Admissions, Time Is Your Greatest Advantage

Every year we survey families, "What is your number one piece of advice for other families beginning the college prep process?" Every time, it is this: "I wish we had started sooner."

TESTIMONIALS

Students and Parents Sharing the Good News About Kate Stone Prep

This is what students gain when they partner with us—support that goes beyond acceptance letters to build futures filled with purpose and success.

“My daughter is feeling so much more confident and relaxed. You helped her get into Harvard. I can finally sleep again. Thank you!”

— Sudha A, Parent, Harvard

"Let me just start off by saying that Kate Stone Prep is amazing and wonderful and all the other adjectives you could use to describe a team so incredible."

— Hannah G, Student, Middlebury

“Kate Stone Prep has been a life changer for me. They have patiently guided my pursuit in entrepreneurship with experience and wisdom. From countless bits of advice to long talks about life, they have greatly helped in shaping me as a mentor to others.”

— Henry X, Student, UCSD

“Kate was professional and organized, an amazing mentor and extremely knowledgeable about this process. I would highly recommend her and I would START EARLY!!”

— Wendy D, Parent, Notre Dame

"Without hesitation, I highly recommend to any student or family looking for an impeccable support network to facilitate an educational goal!" "Kate worked with my daughter, effortlessly guiding her through the university admission process to achieve her ultimate goal of attending Princeton University."

— M.F., Parent, Princeton

“Dear Kate, I just wanted to send you a sincere THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for helping me get into Stanford!!”

— Tannen H, Student, Stanford

"The best part was learning more about myself and how to find my story with Kate's personalized and effective guidance. Kate's team was also very nice, caring, and funny which helped establish personal connections of which they could better gear advice for me."

— Jack A, Student, Duke

"I truly believe that working with them helped our daughter get into her dream school! Both were a pleasure to work with as a parent. We are so grateful for your guidance as college coaches! THANK YOU!!! 🙏"

— Carolina M, Parent, USC

"You’ve been an immense help - don’t know how we thought we could do this without help - and we’re so lucky to find you! ;)"

— Kim P, Parent of Twins, UC Boulder and SDSU
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