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Agora Writing · May 2026 cohort

Eight weeks of writing your way in.

An admissions program for students who don’t want to write the same essay as everyone else. Eight weeks. A small cohort. Two months of writing the thing only you could have written.

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What you’ll do

The Full Prospectus

  1. Eight weeks of structured curriculum

    Reading, drafting, and revising on a weekly cadence. Built around the texts and habits that produce writers who think for themselves.

  2. Eight hours of 1-on-1 with the Head Teacher

    The kind of feedback that finds the angle in your draft you didn’t know was there, and refuses to let you settle for the obvious one.

  3. Four-plus hours of 1-on-1 with the Teaching Assistant

    A second reader on every major piece. Quick turnarounds, line-level attention.

  4. A college essay review with written feedback

    Your application essays read by someone who has read hundreds. No templates, no formulas.

  5. Guest lectures from current top-university students

    Conversations with the writers whose essays actually got them in. Specific, honest, never motivational.

  6. The Agora alumni network and exclusive resources

    Access that doesn’t end at week eight. To the people, the readings, and the archive.

How we teach

Three convictions behind every week.

We write before we know what we think

Writing is the way you find out what you actually believe. Our weeks are built around that, not around producing finished essays you can already imagine.

The angle only you can write

We don’t want the essay every applicant could have written. We spend the program finding the one that no one else could.

Sentences that earn their place

Revision is the work. Every line gets read closely. By you, then by us, then by you again, until nothing on the page is filler.

Where they end up

A few of the letters that came back yes.

Elbek

Elbek

University of Kyoto · Full tuition

“Before Agora I underestimated the importance of deep thinking while crafting writing.”

Nasiba

Nasiba

Franklin & Marshall · Full need met

“For the first time, my writing felt less performative and more authentic.”

Said

Said

KAIST

“Before Agora I was a person with a bunch of randomly put ECs and honours.”

Tuition

Four hundred dollars. Eight weeks.

The cost

$400

$200 per month, paid across the two months of the program.

Financial aid
  • 25% off for SATashkent students.
  • Merit scholarships from 10% to 100% decided during the interview every applicant goes through.

Most students who apply early receive some form of aid. Don’t let cost stop you from applying.

Who gets in

Every applicant sits for an interview.

We keep cohorts small so every student gets read carefully. That means we read everyone who applies, too. The application is short, but it tells us what we need to know to invite you to talk.

The interview is where we figure out fit, and where merit scholarships are decided. There is no template for getting in. There is no template for getting through.

May 2026 cohort is open.

Apply, or talk to us first. Both are real options.

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