Kyle Lin
Book a free call with KyleKyle’s intro
Hey parents, I’m Kyle Lin, a computer science student at Yale and a college admissions counselor. After going through the admissions process myself, I’ve helped students earn acceptances to schools like Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Caltech, CMU, and Johns Hopkins, along with prestigious full-ride scholarships. Strong grades and generic advice like “be authentic” or “show your passion” are rarely enough on their own. The strongest applications tell a memorable story about who a student is and their passions. So, when I work with students, I help with the entire application strategy, from positioning extracurriculars and developing a personal narrative to refining essays and making sure every part of the application supports the same story. My goal is to help each student present the strongest version of themselves to admissions officers. If your student is aiming for highly selective schools and you’d like a counselor who will work closely with them throughout the process, leave a comment, send me a DM, or email thescholarsbureau@gmail.com directly. I’d be happy to put together a free personalized plan for your student’s college application cycle before you commit to anything. Thanks for reading, Kyle
Common questions
Before you book
What does this cost?
We are flexible, and there is a plan here that fits your family. You hear your number on the first call, before anything is agreed. What changes between plans is the kind of experience in the room: a current undergraduate at a school your student is applying to, someone who interviewed applicants for a university as an alumni volunteer, or a former admissions officer who read files and sat in committee. Every one of them is somebody we would put in front of our own family.
Do we need to know what we want before the call?
No, and most families book before they have decided anything. That is the useful time to talk. An hour, no charge, and you will come off the call knowing what we can do for your student.
How many students does one counselor take?
Few enough that the person you meet is the person who reads the drafts. Every counselor sets their own cap and prints it on their page, so you know exactly how much of their year you are getting. If your first choice is full we will introduce you to someone on the roster who suits your student just as well.
Our student is already a senior. Is it too late?
It is not too late. Several counselors here run compressed engagements and take seniors into the autumn, and there is usually more still open in a file than a family expects. Tell us where your student is on the call and we will tell you what we can do with it.
Book a call
How the call is booked.
Kyle books the call, and it runs an hour on the phone.
Book a free call with KyleKyle works from what you tell us about your student, so the call starts there rather than at the beginning.
If something changes
The agreement is held by The Scholar’s Bureau rather than by Kyle personally. If Kyle cannot finish the cycle we move your student to another counselor on this roster at the price you were already quoted, and everything written down so far moves with them.
The Scholar’s Bureau is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Yale or any other institution named on this page. Kyle Lin is an undergraduate at Yale, speaking only as an individual, with no role in its admissions office and no influence over any admissions decision.