Free, full support for your
early application to a
top-20 US university
Rolling admission is still open. This round is for students in the Class of 2031 who have taken the SAT. Our mentors and former admissions officers work on the application with you until you submit it. We take up to 25 students, and you pay nothing.
Apply for AGORA AIDWho can apply this round
You need all three
The form asks about them first, so you’ll know straight away whether this round is open to you.
- SAT
An SAT score
You’ll need your total in hand when you apply. There’s no minimum score.
- 20
Applying early to a top-20
Early Decision 1, restrictive or single-choice early action, or early action.
- 2031
In the Class of 2031
You’re in 12th grade now, or taking a gap year.
How the round works
We read applications as they come in, so the sooner you apply, the more weeks you have with the team before November 1.
Today
Apply on this page.
Interview
One on one, if we shortlist you. Then you work with the team every week.
November 1
The early deadline at most schools. You submit by then.
Mid-December
Early decisions come out.
Today
Apply on this page.
Interview
One on one, if we shortlist you. Then you work with the team every week.
November 1
The early deadline at most schools. You submit by then.
Mid-December
Early decisions come out.
What we work on before you submit
Supplemental essays
Every essay your early school asks for, and your personal statement, from the first draft to the last.
Activities list
Which activities go on it, and how each line reads to someone who has never met you.
Recommendation letters
Help picking who to ask, and what their letters should cover.
Financial aid forms
The CSS Profile and the other aid forms, with a plan for covering the cost.
The final read
Before you submit, someone who used to decide admissions reads the whole file and tells you how it lands.
The UNLOCK platform
Full access to UNLOCK and its alumni, and help with the rest of your university list, sized to what your family can spend.
The twenty universities
Your early application has to go to one of these, under any early plan it offers. UCLA and UC Berkeley have no early round, so neither can be your early school.
- Princeton
- MIT
- Harvard
- Stanford
- Yale
- Caltech
- Duke
- Johns Hopkins
- Penn
- Northwestern
- Cornell
- UChicago
- Brown
- Columbia
- Dartmouth
- Rice
- Notre Dame
- Vanderbilt
- UCLA
- UC Berkeley
- Princeton
- MIT
- Harvard
- Stanford
- Yale
- Caltech
- Duke
- Johns Hopkins
- Penn
- Northwestern
- Cornell
- UChicago
- Brown
- Columbia
- Dartmouth
- Rice
- Notre Dame
- Vanderbilt
- UCLA
- UC Berkeley
The people who work on your file
A supervisor makes sure your weekly sessions happen, and senior admissions specialists step in wherever your application is weakest.
Former admissions officers
Before you submit, people who read applications at places like Stanford and Harvard go through your whole file and tell you how it reads.
Kelly B.
Former Stanford admissions officer
Scott Albert Johnson
Harvard University '92
Mentors
You meet yours every week until you submit.
Racquel S. Bernard
Dartmouth College
Ayazhan
Dartmouth College
Asadbek Urakov
Yonsei University
Madina Sarsen
Northwestern University
Jamila
Amherst College
Anfisa Rodina
Washington & Lee University
Tasnim Reza
Amherst College
Where our students got in
Agora, SATashkent and UNLOCK work together as one college-prep community in Central Asia. These are the numbers of all three, and their admissions from 2024 to 2026.
- 10,000+Students taught by our team
- 1450Median SAT score
- 100+Students placed at top-100 universities
- 5+Years working together as one community
Full ride
- Connecticut College2 students
- Lafayette College1 student
- Phillips Academy Andover1 student
- UWC Singapore1 student
Full tuition
- NYU Shanghai3 students
- Duke Kunshan University2 students
- HKUST2 students
- Kyoto University1 student
Scholarships of $100k to $180k
- University of Toronto4 students
Admitted
- Cornell University1 student
- University of Hong Kong1 student
- Chinese University of Hong Kong1 student
- King’s College London1 student
- Seoul National University2 students
- Yonsei University2 students
- KAIST1 student
The Connecticut College offers were a full ride and $230k. We’ve placed many more students across the US, the UK, Canada, Asia and Europe, and plenty of them went with full scholarships.
Questions about this round
Is there a minimum SAT score?
No. The form asks for your SAT total, and you can apply with any score. You do need to have taken the SAT.
Which early plans count?
Any early plan at a top-20 university: Early Decision 1, restrictive or single-choice early action, or early action. Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford, along with several others, run restrictive early action instead of Early Decision. That counts too.
Can I apply if I’m not in the Class of 2031?
No. This round is only for the Class of 2031, which means you’re in 12th grade now or taking a gap year.
Is it really free?
Yes. It’s a full scholarship, so you pay nothing for any part of it.
Early Decision is binding. What if my family can’t afford the school?
Early Decision means you agree to attend if you’re admitted. If the financial aid offer doesn’t make attending possible for your family, you can be released from that agreement. We help your family with the aid forms along the way.
How many students will you take?
Up to 25 this round.
What happens in the interview?
If you’re shortlisted, we meet you one on one to hear about your goals and get a sense of whether the program fits you.
Does my English need to be perfect?
No. An IELTS of 7.5 or the equivalent helps, and you can apply without any score. We look at everything together.
What if I’m not selected?
You keep everything you wrote and worked out, and you’re welcome to join another Agora program.
Apply for AGORA AID
Rolling admission is still open. Most people finish the form in one sitting. Write the answers yourself. We read every application in full, and we check what you tell us.