Limited time deal: Book a free 1 hour introductory meeting by going to next steps.

STEM Kickstart Consulting

Dhruv Gupta

Build the foundation necessary early to succeed in the college admissions process

30 minute meetings every 2 weeks for the 2023-24 school year for incoming 9th, 10th, and 11th graders.

My Service

Personal Touch

As opposed to larger consulting services, you know your consultant. I also have unique experience applying for STEM subjects within FUSD, and can help navigate the local terrain.

Cost & Commitment

Large consulting services will lock you in for a $20,000 deal for 4 years of service, while only really helping with essay editing in the final year. My cheaper single year service will leave you with the freedom to select any essay editing service while building your resume effectively!

Crafting a story

College admissions is all about your story. My service helps them become the unique applicant colleges desire.

General Advising

Through our bi-monthly meetings, I can walk students through any questions they have on clubs, APs, and extracurrciculars.

Going Above

I can help students accquire and find the experiences necessary to build a profile that catches top college's eyes.

Some of my acceptances

UPenn

Ivy league

Under 2% acceptance rate for engineering

Georgia Tech

Top 5 CS

Under 3% for my demographic

UIUC

Top 5 CS

Top 5 Engineering

Under 3% for my demographic

UMich

Top 10 CS

Top 5 Business

Top 25 overall

My College Story

When starting my college application process, my family and I shopped around for multiple college consulting services, finding that each charged at least $5000 per year for meeting a mere 1 hour per month.


The choice we eventually went with turned out to be a mistake. The consultant they paired me with was a humanities student from New York who had little knowledge of STEM or the Bay Area. Meetings with this consultant were an expensive waste of time that hardly improved my resume. Several of my other friends have similar experiences with their services.


This left me to navigate the application process myself, in turn helping me research and dig into every aspect of applying to college as a STEM student. I aim to give students a proper college consulting experience that will allow them to truly thrive without exorbitant fees.

Interested?

Book a free 1 hour introductory meeting

During this limited-time deal of a free introductory meeting, you can learn more about my services, get an idea of the story we can craft for your student, see where they may need more help, and get any general questions you have about the college admissions process answered! This offer is currently on pause. Please check back later to see if it opens back up again.

Join the Program

After our initial session, please email me at dhruv575@gmail.com with your intent to join my program for the 2023-2024 school year. I will only be taking 8 students for this school year, so if you are interested, please complete this step as soon as possible!

Start Planning

For those enrolling in the program in July, I will be throwing in an additional strategy session in the Summer to help set students up for the start of the school year!