Meet the Team

Mike spent over a decade in Hong Kong helping international students gain admission into the top US universities. Mike champions the individual, their language, and their budding grasp of agency. He de-emphasises the role of test scores and won’t have students collect accolades for the sake of their CV. Instead, he pushes them to follow their passions with integrity, meticulousness, and intent. A student’s interests may lead them into the artistic, commercial, architectural, literary, athletic, environmental, technological, or social - but if pursued with genuine sincerity, the stories that transpire will always help them stand out in a crowded applicant field.Mike doesn’t just help students into universities. He teaches them how to explore their own sense of self. To shape and express their own goals and parameters of purpose. To struggle to articulate the ineffability of their own existence. To persuade others into their missions and bring collaborators into their orbit. To manifest whims into plans, and plans into realities. To love to learn to write, to read, and to be playful with language. And to wield it with confidence and precision. Mike also helps students through IB/GCE/GCSE math exams and math competitions. He serves as an IB math examiner, and won two state math competitions many decades ago.