What You’ll Learn:

Most families tour the same way: follow the guide, snap a photo, leave. The students who get in do something different. Join Zak for an insider's guide to building your college list and planning campus visits that turn every stop into application gold.

MEET YOUR HOST

Andrew Simon is an award-winning scholar, teacher, and mentor committed to empowering students at all stages of their educational journeys. He earned a B.A.from Duke University, where he accumulated over 100 victories as a Division I fencer while maintaining academic excellence.
Following his undergraduate studies, Andrew served as a fellow at theCenter for Arabic Study Abroad in Cairo during the 2011 EgyptianRevolution. He later earned a Ph.D. from Cornell University and joined the Middle Eastern Studies faculty at Dartmouth College, where he has spent nearly a decade mentoring high-achieving students from diverse backgrounds.
Drawing on his rare experience as both an elite student-athlete and lvy League faculty member, Andrew brings a uniquely holistic and strategic approach to student-athlete mentorship.

MEET YOUR HOST

With over 15 years in college admissions, Zak has evaluated thousands of applications at two of the country's most selective institutions: Johns Hopkins University and Bowdoin College. At InGenius Prep, he's a leader on the strategy team that drives student outcomes and works one-on-one with families to bring it to life.

His students have earned admission to Ivy League and top-tier universities by crafting distinctive narratives and finding the schools where they'll truly thrive.

Admissions Results:

• Princeton, MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Yale, UChicago, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Penn, and more.