✋🏻Welcome parents of ambitious teens! 

 

Gain an advantage in future admissions by aligning your college prep with your teen's core values.

 

Start here: This workshop shares the biggest mistakes you must avoid if you want to be competitive in college admissions.

 
🎙️Check out this award-winning podcast

→ Listen to the Podcast
📚B in an advanced class or A in a regular class?
→Get clarity on academics

☀️Highly respected summer programs list here
→ Plan your Summer 
→ Watch the Hacking College Admissions Workshop

✋🏻Welcome parents of ambitious teens! 

 

These resources can help you gain an advantage by aligning college prep with your teen's core values.

 

Start here: This workshop will tell you the biggest mistakes you must avoid if you want to be competitive in college admissions.

 
🎙️Check out this award-winning podcast

→ Listen to the Podcast
📚B in an advanced class or A in a regular class?
→Get clarity on academics

☀️Highly respected summer programs list here
→ Plan your Summer 
→ Watch the Hacking College Admissions Workshop

        

🔹Hacking College Admissions Workshop

This is helpful if you'd like a clear breakdown of what matters most in college admissions, so you can approach it the right way.

Inside, you’ll learn:

✅ The most common mistakes ambitious teens make in college prep

✅ What selective colleges are actually looking for

✅ How to gain admittance to your dream college

 

 

        

🔹The Ivy Prep Academy Podcast

FEATURED EPISODES

A podcast format allows me to explain some of the nuance in different college application challenges.

Enjoy hundreds of episodes of our award-winning podcast.

Share them with your teen or listen together in the car.

Inside, you’ll learn:

✅ What to do at each stage from middle school to grade 12

✅ Avoid the common mistakes that leave students overwhelmed or unfocused

✅ Dozens of interviews with successful parents and students

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
View more episodes

      

🔹 Resources

 

      

Highly Respected Summer Camps Guide

Summer programs are not all of equal value. Here is a list of camps and programs that are well respected by college admissions officers.

 

 

Download Guide →

      

Academics Guide

We've compiled a list of some of the most commonly asked academic questions and answered them here. But be aware-- the reason these questions don't get answered easily is because there is a lot of nuance involved. Hopefully these answers help you make sense of the issues so you can make the best choice for you.

Download Guide→

🔹Next Steps

1. Free resources

Start with the workshop recording, the podcast episodes, and articles. 

Please ask questions and support each other in the Facebook group.

2. Monthly masterclasses & workshops

These sessions go deeper into key topics and give you the chance to learn directly and ask questions live.

Check our fb group events →

3. Take the next step when you’re ready

The Ivy League Challenge opens again in August. Join the waitlist to be notified.
If you’re looking for more personalized guidance, you can also book a call for VIP support.

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Meet Your Guide

Hey, I'm

Steve

I'm a Harvard grad, instructor at Harvard Summer School, and founder of the Ivy League Challenge.

As a teacher for two decades, I love supporting familes with teens. I've helped students gain admission to Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, CalTech, Stanford, and many other 'dream schools' by teaching them how to align college prep with their core values. 

I hope these materials help your teen do the same.  

If you're looking for more direct guidance or support, please reach out. We can discuss if working together would be a good fit.

Book a call →

Student Results

 

"Your program is so effective"

My teen seems to really enjoy your energy too and passion for what you say. You have

reached her when we could not. That is invaluable.

Shan Beckish

"Champ got into YALE! Thank you for everything you've done to help him. "

Amazing program, amazing mentor!

 

After attending 4 weeks, I would say my teen daughter has a plan for not only the next 4 or 5 years in public school, but she also knows what she wants to do in her life.

- GĂźlnar Albusova (Mother of 9th grader)

I got into both Harvard and Princeton!

You will NOT believe what I’m about to tell you! I got into both Harvard and Princeton! I’ve been feeling so dizzy the past two days...

 

- Xiao Yu (Attended Harvard)

"Mom, this changed my life."

 

"[My son] walked away with such a clear idea of how to figure out his core values...honestly, every session was fantastic. He really and truly loved it, and it changed him. It was phenomenal! Honestly, he always says to me, "Mom, this changed my life."

 

- Dr. Robyn Blair (Mother of 10th grader)

Instead of constant pressure and insecurity–always feeling like I wasn’t doing enough, no matter how much I did–I learned to take my time back and developed a healthy and sustainable schedule for myself.

Asfi Tias
– Cornell Student

 

"My daughter attended the program over three years ago, and looking back I see how that training helped her conquer her challenges. Because of your program, she knows what she wants in life and how to get it. She is living her life fully and I find I never have to worry about her success anymore, she is rocking life! Thank you."

 
 
Regina McGraph
– Proud Parent 
We can’t thank you enough! Alexis got into her dream school, Michigan! Still waiting on Duke but we are all over the moon! At her high school typically only a handful are selected and over 75 apply.  She couldn’t have done it without you. You being there every step of the way made a huge difference. 

-Lisa (Proud parent)

I just want to thank you for all your help and support throughout last 2 years, helping Erica. You have no idea how much you mean to us. We had no one, literally no one else to help us with college planning, or to figure out where to start or what to do. You were her guiding star!
- Erica's mom

"Steve helped my son get into Yale—but more importantly, he helped him become human again. "

Instead of pushing for more and more achievements, he helped us build a real story that admissions officers could connect with.

Shiva (Parent of Yale/Stanford/Caltech admit)

Hello Steve!

 
I got into Yale!!!!!!
 
 
Thank you so much for everything you've done to support me—I'm off to celebrate now!!!!
 
HOORAY!

"

-Isabella (Yale/Stanford/Princeton etc admit)

Seeing my daughter’s application through Steve’s lens was eye-opening. What he said made immediate sense—she already had everything she needed, we just weren’t showing it clearly. That realization was an easy fix, but a powerful one. I only wish we had reached out to him sooner.

 

- Sara (Mother of Yale/Stanford/Princeton admit)