From Interest to Mastery (Sophia)

From Interest to Mastery (Sophia) AT A GLANCE PARTNERSHIP Four Years HIGH SCHOOLS Shanghai American School Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Seattle GPA 3.93 Unweighted SAT 1560 ADMITTED TO University of Washington Northeastern University Carnegie Mellon University California Institute of Technology ENROLLED California Institute of Technology “She had always been that capable. Interface […]
From Curiosity to Contribution (Marcus)

AT A GLANCE PARTNERSHIP Three Years HIGH SCHOOL International Department Beijing Normal University Experimental High School GPA 99 out of 100 SAT 1560 ENROLLED Princeton University Regular Decision SIGNATURE ACHIEVEMENT Top 8, China Linguistics Olympiad National Second-Level Athlete “A path built from genuine curiosity will always be more compelling than one assembled for an […]
From Achievement to Ownership (Isabella)

AT A GLANCE PARTNERSHIP Four Years HIGH SCHOOL Shanghai American School Pudong Campus GPA 3.99 SAT 1600 ENROLLED The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Early Decision “Do what you genuinely care about. Prestige alone is not sustainable motivation.” Isabella, Wharton School The Student Isabella was admitted Early Decision to the Wharton School at […]
From Energy to Direction (Elena)

AT A GLANCE PARTNERSHIP Seven Years UNDERGRADUATE Babson College Entrepreneurship, Ranked #1 in the U.S. GRADUATE OFFERS Johns Hopkins University (Merit Scholarship) Duke University Columbia University University of Chicago “Education is about helping children develop stable internal coordinates. Interface created the experiences and environment for Elena to find hers.” Elena’s Mother The Student […]
From Complexity to Coherence (Ava)

AT A GLANCE PARTNERSHIP Two Years HIGH SCHOOL Design Tech High School San Francisco Bay Area ENROLLED Stanford University Restrictive Early Action ALSO OFFERED UC Berkeley Regents’ & Chancellor’s Scholarship USC Merit Scholarship ANCHOR COMMITMENTS Debate (5 years) Track & Field (10 years) Associate Degree in high school Earth Systems Science research “If […]
From Distance to Connection (Chen Family)

AT A GLANCE PARTNERSHIP Four Years STUDENT ENROLLED Cornell University Ivy League INTERFACE SERVICES College Counseling Application Strategy Monthly Parent Updates Essay Development THE 3C FRAMEWORK Connection Curiosity Clarity “Families who combine stable support with professional guidance can move through the process with confidence, and arrive at outcomes that once felt genuinely out of […]
From Exploration to Identity (Chloe)

AT A GLANCE PARTNERSHIP Two and a Half Years HIGH SCHOOL The Harker School San Francisco Bay Area ENROLLED Columbia University Early Decision SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE UCSB Research Mentorship Program Middle Eastern Art History RESEARCH FOCUS Contemporary Islamic art and the Syrian refugee crisis “You don’t need to be the perfect applicant. You need to […]