Sahasra Yellepeddi
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I’m a Stanford University engineering student, and I’ve experienced the college admissions process from both side sides of the table. As an applicant, I was also admitted to MIT, Duke, Johns Hopkins, and several other highly selective universities, along with receiving merit scholarship offers. Now, I have firsthand understanding of admissions trends and strategies, as well as the qualities and experiences that can make an applicant resonate with college admissions officers. I don’t believe there is a secret formula for getting into college—and I certainly don’t believe students should manufacture one. My own application grew from learning to synchronize my interests in science with my interests in policy and service, ultimately creating an interdisciplinary profile that reflected the full range of my intellectual curiosity. My students span all disciplines, including STEM, humanities, and the social sciences. Furthermore, I guide my students to discover unexpected connections between their interests rather than forcing themselves into a single academic box, empowering them to stand out amongst repetitive applications. I want the process to feel less like checking boxes and more like deep self-reflection: figuring out what you’re actually excited about and how to tell that story well. Most of all, I work to make the college admissions process organized, manageable, and genuinely enjoyable for students and their parents alike, from start to finish.
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.
Sahasra books the call, and it runs an hour on the phone.
Book a free call with SahasraSahasra 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 Sahasra personally. If Sahasra 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 Stanford or any other institution named on this page. Sahasra Yellepeddi is an undergraduate at Stanford, speaking only as an individual, with no role in its admissions office and no influence over any admissions decision.