✦   Our Story   ✦
About AdmitRaven

College help that's actually
for everyone.

Our Story

I started AdmitRaven because my sister couldn't afford a tutor.

What began as watching someone I love feel completely shut out of a process that was supposed to be about her became a mission to inspire others and change the way people apply to college. College applications shouldn't require a $10,000 consultant. The kids who need the most help are the ones least likely to get it. That's just a flawed system, not a flaw in the system!

The college application process was one of my favorite parts of growing up, I was lucky to have the winds of inspiration in my sails at the time. Looking back, there's something so rare about standing on the shore of everything you are, looking out over the sea of everything you can become. We almost never get to do that in life. I wanted to feel that excitement about telling their story. And to see how infiitely creative people are within the confines of a word count. Thousands of people can take the same prompt and make something only they could out of it.

I went to UChicago. I've been on Survivor. I drove across the country and talked to over 500 students at every top-20 school. I quit a six-figure job to build this. I tell you that not to impress you, but to let you know how much this means to me. I'm writing my own story about someone who fell in love with a process and couldn't stand watching it become pay-to-win, adn I'm happy you're a part of it.

What we're building is simple: a way for any student, regardless of background or budget, to find their story and tell it well. And to hopefully have fun with it! Because that's all a great application really is. Every student has one worth telling. They just need the right space to find it.

That's what AdmitRaven is for.


Best of luck on your journey!

I'm excited to see how you tell your story.

—Xander, Founder