Question 1

What does college consulting cover?

Accepted Answer

Founder-led, monthly work on the three things that decide an application: the transcript being built now, the test dates on the calendar, and the essays and activities that have to be true. Each month has one milestone, one written plan and one short report the family can read in five minutes. Six families at a time, month to month.

Question 2

You teach students to use AI. Is that cheating?

Accepted Answer

AI explains, quizzes and organizes. It never writes what the student submits, and a parent approves the tools. Where a teacher’s rule forbids AI for an assignment, it is off for that assignment. Every college publishes a line; students here write their own work and keep the notes that show it.

Question 3

What is the AI agent my student builds?

Accepted Answer

An AI agent, in plain words, is an AI helper with one job and written rules: you hand it the job and the rules instead of a question, and it works through the job step by step, then stops where you told it to. Your student writes the instructions, tests the output with us, and keeps the instructions. The tool can be wrong; the student still does the work.

Question 4

Does the AI know or remember my child?

Accepted Answer

No. It does not know your child and does not remember last week. The student’s written page (the error log, the instructions, the checklist) carries the continuity, and that page belongs to your family. That is exactly why it keeps working a year later and in a different course.

Question 5

Who teaches?

Accepted Answer

Jinwoong Lee, in every session. UC Berkeley 2018; eight years building software at companies that include Amazon and Ring; eleven years in private education, including more than ten years of college consulting and SAT/ACT prep; 80+ placements at top-20 universities. There are no junior tutors.

Question 6

Which grades is this for?

Accepted Answer

Freshmen, sophomores and juniors, juniors first. Current seniors already deep in applications are usually better served by finishing with whoever they started with, and we will say so on the consult.

Question 7

Can you promise a score or an admission?

Accepted Answer

No, and nobody honest can. We show the work, name the limits, and publish outcomes only when they are real and the family has consented in writing.

Question 8

How does the SAT/ACT small group work?

Accepted Answer

Four weeks, eight live hours, four to six students, one exam and one level per group, live online. The February 2027 group runs February 22 to March 18, aimed at the Illinois school-day ACT in spring 2027 (each district sets its own date; we confirm yours on the consult). It runs only if the written minimum is met; the decision date is February 15. Pricing differs by package; the consult decides which fits.

Question 9

What is the summer bootcamp?

Accepted Answer

Eight weeks, sixteen live hours, live online, June 28 to August 16, 2027, aimed at the late-summer SAT and the fall test dates. Minimum four, target six, cap eight; go or no-go on June 14. The refund policy is published before any deposit, and joining the list is neither a payment nor a seat.

Question 10

Is 1:1 tutoring available?

Accepted Answer

Yes, as an option on the SAT/ACT page: four one-hour sessions with a practice plan and a progress recap, taught by the founder in his spare hours only. It is the right choice when a group’s dates do not fit or one section needs the whole hour.

Question 11

Do you meet in person in Glenview?

Accepted Answer

Classes run live online today. In-person small-group cohorts are planned for Glenview, IL, serving the North Shore and southern Lake County — we will publish the location and dates once the room is under contract, and not before.

Question 12

What does it cost?

Accepted Answer

Pricing differs by package, and a consult decides which package fits your student. Consulting is billed monthly, month to month, with no onboarding fee and no add-ons; the group and the bootcamp are one-time cohorts with refund terms in writing before any deposit. You get the number and the terms in writing before anything starts.

Question 13

한국어로 상담이 가능한가요? Are consultations available in Korean?

Accepted Answer

Consultations, written plans and parent updates are available in Korean or English. Many families here use both — one parent more comfortable in each language — and we work with both rather than routing everything through the student. 학생 수업은 영어로 진행합니다. 시험과 지원서의 언어가 영어이기 때문입니다.

The questions parents actually ask.

Is this right for my student?

How it works and who teaches

Format, dates and price

Bring the next date. We will bring the plan.