THE MISSION
A revolutionary AI-enabled College Admissions Counseling platform that helps students navigate the complicated journey to college. And...it’s affordable!
THE AKALA DIFFERENCE
Our tech is based on feedback from admissions officers at the top-25 most competitive colleges. AKALA utilizes artificial intelligence and survey inputs to feed a recommendation engine that provides customized guidance as early as 8th grade and then guides students' decision-making all the way through high-school so they are the ideal college applicants by senior year. This multi-year approach helps students create profiles that colleges want!
The best part is - you get access to expert college counselors.
The numbers are not in your favor…
67%
HIGH SCHOOLS WITHOUT A DEDICATED COLLEGE COUNSELOR (17,000 SCHOOLS!)
500:1
AVERAGE STUDENT : COUNSELOR CASELOAD ACROSS THE U.S.
22%
AMOUNT OF TIME GUIDANCE COUNSELORS SPEND ON COLLEGE COUNSELING
$200-$1500
Hourly Cost of a private college Counselor)
How we can help
Course/Rigor Selection
Extracurricular Involvement
Community Service Engagement
Summer Activities
Auxiliary Learning Options
Work and Internship Experience
Career Exploration
Soft-Skill Development
Testing Recommendations
Financial Aid
Scholarships
*Individual packages are available for College Search and Selection as well as Application Guidance and Essay Writing
THE RESULT
The AKALA program unleashes hidden potential and transforms students into the best possible college applicants they can be. The result is an intensely personalized pathway for each student to land at the perfect-fit college or other post-high school journey.
“What is the span of 50 years?
It is just enough time to
completely change the world.”
Eric Lander, co-founder of the human genome project, speaks of being allotted roughly 50 years to change the world. In good health, we will work from our early 20's after graduation to our early 70's.
With that in mind, if, through giving high-quality college admissions guidance, we can get 1 Million students from underserved areas to and through college, then their next 50 years just improved significantly.
And by proxy, the world gets better by 50 Million Years.
Come join us on this mission. It's big. It's grand. It's a realistic moonshot that we believe will work.
The Team
Our team is made up of experts in education and leaders in business philanthropy. The combination of diverse perspectives and deep domain expertise will allow us to scale high quality college admissions guidance to students regardless of demographics and ability to pay.
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