Testimonials

After my first meeting with Peter, I was very hesitant to begin working with him. Why should I need counseling for my life when none of my other friends did? However, my parents were insistent on going back for a second meeting, a decision I am more than grateful for in retrospect. I went to counseling with Peter a second time, and a third, and a fourth, until it became a routine. Immediately, the first thing I noticed about our meetings was his understanding, easygoing, and relatable personality. He made it very clear to me that he saw me as an adult, and that he saw us as equals. I didn’t ever feel as if it was a duty to report back to Peter as if he were a teacher, therapist, or superior; instead, he felt like a big brother who was genuinely concerned with my wellbeing and gave me thoughtful, clear-cut advice. Since conversing with Peter felt natural and comfortable, our sessions were incredibly smooth and productive, like working on a project with a close friend. Through our meetings, I was able to become more informed about my decisions, as well as become a more independent person who cared about my own future.

Without Peter, I would be lost in a world of questions. By nature, I am always concerned with the smallest details, trying to micromanage every little thing and getting distracted along the way. With Peter’s fresh perspective, I was able to take a step back and look at the big picture. I believe that above all the expected outcomes of counseling—getting better grades, pushing myself to take advantage of opportunities, qualifying for prestigious colleges—my time with Peter helped me relax and focus on the important things in what was otherwise a confusing, mysterious, stressful world. Not only did he give me advice on high school and college, he also indirectly taught me character, and to live life to the fullest.

Peter is extremely helpful for my son’s college application. For my son’s UC application, he didn’t stand out in his GPA. However, Peter helped him stand out in his UC essays. He also helped us to select majors. For different schools we applied to, he has different major selection strategies. He knows how to increase the chance of acceptance by selecting the right major to apply. With his help, my son got offers from three UC schools, including UC Davis. I am glad to have him as my son’s college counselor.

I moved to America for the first time in the winter of my freshman year when my father was transferred for work (as a 10th grader in local school). Everything was a new environment, and while I was still struggling with language and cultural barriers, I soon reached a period where I had to start thinking about my future after high school graduation. Even though I wanted to try challenging American universities, I was confused by the completely different admissions system from Japan, but Peter taught me one by one carefully. The work of writing essays to submit to universities was very difficult, but through communicating my experiences and feelings to Peter in the best English I could manage, and writing through that process, I was able to look back on myself and gain confidence in what I had accomplished. Of course I’m happy that I was accepted to university, but I’m filled with gratitude to Peter who gave me the opportunity to understand myself better through this process.

During the long process of applying to American universities, everyone must put in persistent effort to continuously improve their performance, school grades, and extracurricular activities. Some people may lose themselves due to intense pressure, and some may hide in corners and cry. But at this time, if there is a teacher like a guiding light leading you, giving you direction to move forward and unwavering encouragement, then you will become more confident and reach the shore of success. Peter is such a mentor to me. From 11th grade to the end of applications, Peter always encouraged me and believed in me, helped me plan every step to take, and guided my essays over and over again while giving me the most beneficial advice. This made me see applying to college as a process of self-discovery. I learned what I truly love to do in my heart and worked harder to pursue it. When other friends were caught in college application anxiety, Peter always used his humor to ease students’ tense emotions. I always learned a lot from him, not just knowledge about studying, but also many valuable life experiences. Under Peter’s guidance, I expanded my horizons and went to the school that was most suitable for me, and I quickly fell in love with USC. I am very grateful that Peter not only became a teacher but also became a good “friend” of mine, and I hope more underclassmen can be helped by such a teacher.

Jessica’s great skills helped me face the interviews with much more confidence and the way she taught me how to hone my personal statement could never be more helpful. Not only do I learn the technical skills of putting together a personal statement, but I also understand what I need to show in a successful one. As a result, I got offers to all the programs I applied, including JHU, Yale, Brown, NYU, etc. Going through graduate school application is a long journey, I’m glad that mine is fruitful and enjoyable with Peter and Jessica along the road.

Peter’s experience and expertise were integral elements to my successful college application process. Familiar with both the UC personal insight prompts and supplemental essays of many private universities, Peter helped me craft responses that were seamlessly tailored to each college’s defining characteristics. In addition to the technical skills, he is one of the few adults I know who express tremendous respect and compassion for students, and I was comfortable communicating my thoughts without worrying about being judged. In short, Peter possesses the ideal level of knowledge and emotional intelligence to optimally assist students in their careers.

College admissions consulting in America is a highly professional field. We initially researched and communicated with over a dozen consulting agencies, and finally chose Peter. The facts proved that our choice was completely correct—our child was accepted to Cornell University through early admission in December 2017. This was due to Peter’s extensive knowledge of each university’s potential requirements and admission standards and procedures, as well as his deep familiarity with the American education system and how it operates. He can target each child’s individual characteristics to find the best and most matching schools and majors, and scientifically and patiently assist children in thoroughly preparing and implementing each step. His professional qualities, solid work ethic, humorous communication, and positive attitude accompanied our child all the way through to achieving the set goals. We are very grateful for Peter’s hard work and dedication.

Under Peter’s guidance, I was successfully admitted to Georgia Tech. Actually, before meeting Peter, I had consulted with 6 different study abroad agencies, but I ultimately chose Peter because what Peter could bring me was the most unique among all these companies. Peter is a Chinese-American who lived in Shanghai for a period during his childhood, which means he can understand what Chinese families are thinking and what they need. With his years of teaching experience in America, he can quickly identify cognitive misconceptions of Chinese families and correct them, thus getting on the right path for school selection. During my school selection period, he repeatedly reminded me and my parents not to just focus on overall rankings, but also to conduct detailed analysis of the major you want to study, and that employment is also an extremely important factor. In terms of essays, Peter is definitely a counselor who is good at discovering the voice deep in students’ hearts. I still remember when I was writing my Common App main essay, I wrote it four or five times but still couldn’t fully express what I meant. Writing too shallow would lack depth, writing too deep would feel excessive. Peter talked with me heart-to-heart at this time. Every conversation made me feel I was getting closer to what I wanted to express. During our last conversation, Peter’s question hit my pain point and made what I really wanted to express come out naturally. When revising essays, Peter could fully polish them without changing the student’s original meaning while preserving the original writing style. Once I wanted to express “coincidentally” and used the word “Serendipity,” but actually “by chance” would be better. The reason he didn’t change it was because Peter thought this was more in line with my writing style and Asian student identity. In short, what I want to say is that Peter is a very good study abroad counselor, especially suitable for students from Asia.

Under Peter’s guidance, I successfully received offers from 8 universities and, with Peter’s guidance, chose Boston University. Having such results really exceeded my original expectations. My GPA wasn’t actually very high, and when I started applying, I was full of confusion and nervousness. But with Peter’s help, focusing on other strengths, and fully demonstrating my abilities in application essays, I was able to be accepted by so many universities. These 8 university offers didn’t come easily—thanks to Peter’s help. Communicating with him sometimes felt more like talking with a good brother, patient but not boring, allowing me to open my heart more for communication so the teacher could understand me better. At the same time, the pressure during application period disappeared invisibly. I’m really grateful and happy to have Peter as my college application counselor. His serious attitude and approachable personality made college applications very easy. I highly recommend underclassmen choose Peter as your application counselor!

Choosing a college admissions counselor for our child’s university application is something most parents do. We researched several local counseling agencies, went through multiple interview communications, and finally chose Peter, who was farther from home. With his help, we gradually analyzed our child’s current situation and developed an application schedule and material preparation plan. The facts proved that our choice was reasonable—our child was accepted early admission (EA) to the University of Michigan Ann Arbor (Ross Business School) in December last year. This is due to all of Peter’s efforts. He is very familiar with the potential requirements and admission standards and procedures of various universities, can anticipate problems that may arise in student applications, and adjust and supplement in a timely manner. Our child frequently communicated with Peter online. His solid professional qualities and simple speaking style enabled our child to reduce burden and walk happily along the path to college admission, achieving the set goals. We are very grateful for Peter’s help.

Through a friend’s recommendation, we met Peter to help our son with college applications. Our son’s English foundation wasn’t good, and he was still preparing for the SAT. Peter proactively offered to tutor our child in English several times and recommended practice tests. After Peter’s tutoring sessions, our son’s SAT score improved by 160 points. Throughout the entire college application process, Peter’s professional, standardized, and enthusiastic guidance was very helpful for our child’s application work. Most importantly, having Peter as our backup gave us parents peace of mind without worries. Peter’s bilingual service is also a specialty. He can communicate effectively with children and conveniently communicate with parents. For Chinese families’ children’s college guidance, he is an excellent choice.

We are lucky to have your guidance last year…you are the best!

You’re the one who helped me the most, so I thought you should be the first to know….I got into Yale!

Thank you for everything you did to teach our son as he started this journey. We are grateful for your expertise, efforts and enthusiasm for political science and data science. Thank you also for your patience and kindness. I wanted to share with you that he will be starting his studies at Harvard this fall.

Hey Peter! I thought the decision was coming out tomorrow but I got into Rice! Thank you so much for helping me on my essays; the differences between my first ones versus my finals are huge and I really don’t think I would’ve gotten in if you didn’t help.

Finally received the acceptance letter from UC Berkeley at the end of March. Evan is a naive young man who aspires to life but doesn’t know where to start. As parents, we also had no good strategy for the diverse and varied admission standards of American universities. Thank you for your companionship and guidance to Evan starting from 11th grade. You helped him choose high school courses, made schedules for various standardized tests, recommended summer training programs suitable for him, helped him carefully revise various essays, supervised him to submit applications to various universities on time, and tirelessly answered all kinds of questions. Among our acquaintances, there are individual very mature children who completed university applications on their own without any help. We also know some children who, despite having tutoring, didn’t establish good trust and mutual assistance with their counselors, resulting in unsatisfactory college admissions. We are grateful that Evan met you during the critical two years of his life to become his mentor and friend. You are someone who brings blessings to a child and a family!

Dear Peter, we did it! After all the preparations, tests, essays, and applications, I finally got into college, and UC Berkeley no less! I have no one to thank but you for your constant support along this journey. From the first time we met to when my last application was submitted, you have always been extremely easy to talk to. Your pragmatic, relaxed personality and approach to life helped calm me down when I felt like I was drowning in tasks to finish. You made it clear from the start that you were a friend first and foremost, and I can’t thank you enough for your kindness and relatability. Additionally, you were always someone I could count on. Whenever I had a clarifying question, I could always text you, and you would respond as soon as you could. Scheduling meetings with you was never a hassle (which is great because man did we have a lot of meetings in fall and winter of 2018). Thank you for your attention to details, willingness to help, realistic and critical advice, easygoing persona, and overall, making my college application experience feel like a breeze! I hope you and your family do extremely well! Let’s definitely keep in touch when I’m in college. Thank you Thank you Thank you!

Hey Peter! Just wanted to let you know that I got into UCLA and UC Berkeley 🙂 Thanks for all your help! I am going to Berkeley! Beyond excited :))

In early 2017, my son faced the critical period of applying to universities. Since we were not familiar with the application process, we were very anxious. By chance, we met educational consultant Peter. After several exchanges and meetings, Peter analyzed our child’s current situation and existing shortcomings, and made specific plans and guidance for the child’s next stage of course study and social practice content. Throughout the entire application process, Peter frequently maintained contact with us parents and children, promptly informing us of materials needed and tasks to be completed at each stage, guiding us in selecting universities and majors, tutoring our child in writing application essays, and helping our child complete online applications. Through hard work, my son was accepted to 6 universities including UC DAVIS and UC IRVINE in April this year and will soon enter UC DAVIS to study ANIMAL SCIENCE. In our contact and cooperation with Peter, we feel he is a very professional educational consultant who is very familiar with the university application process and very effective in planning students’ university applications. He is also very patient and earnest, always tirelessly answering various questions we raise. As parents, we are very fortunate to have met Peter and are very grateful for the help Peter has given us.

Peter, thank you so much for everything you have done not only for me but my whole family! You are like family to us now! Without your help and support, I would not be where I am today: going to the college that I love. You made the process so much smoother than it would have been. As the first in the family to go to college, you really guided me through every step of the way. You weren’t only my college mentor, you were also my mentor that helped me realize who I am as a person and what I want in life. There couldn’t be a person with a more generous heart than you. Thank you!

Hi Peter! Do you remember the first time we met each other about 2 years ago? I was not even comfortable speaking English and didn’t know what was happening in my life. Working with you for my college app was, I think, the most important moment in my life where I figured out who I am and how to be myself in front of people I don’t know. I couldn’t imagine actually getting into college in the US and being satisfied with myself when I first started, but now I have both of them and feel a little more confident with myself and what I have done. I’m so so glad and appreciate that you have helped me and now I can go to the next stage! Thank you so much for all the dedication and help!

American college admissions consulting really requires expertise. Initially, we visited over 10 different agencies for consultations, and choosing you was truly the right decision. Our child was accepted to Cornell University Early Decision in early December 2021 thanks to your help! You thoroughly understand what each university wants in students and how the admissions process works. You have a perfect understanding of the American education system and found the perfect school and major for our child. You also carefully ensured our child could prepare step by step for everything needed. Your professional expertise is fundamental, your dedicated guidance is exemplary, your witty conversations and consistently positive leadership helped our child achieve their goals. Thank you so much!