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Agora Writing Program

Write an essay that sounds like you.

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The name

Named after the ancient Greek agora, the gathering place where citizens argued in public, in front of people who could answer back.

The mission

We teach you how to think. Clear writing shows clear thinking. Writing is how you find out whether you understand something.

The curriculum

Two months of serious writing.

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Sessions across two phases

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Words written via Agora Pages

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Short stories produced

The two phases

From unlearning the rules to mastering the essay.

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Phase 1

Improving your language

First we strip out the wordiness and the clichés, then work on what is left until a sentence says one thing and says it once.

Kill

Wordiness

Kill

Confusion

Kill

Clichés

Kill

Poor structure

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Phase 2

College-essay writing

Then we build the essays themselves: the personal statement, the supplements, and the programs around them.

Personal statement

The Three-Essay Framework, proven structures, and peer reviews.

Supplemental essays

Techniques across 7 supplement types, with strong examples.

Summer programs

Fitting summer, research, and major-specific programs.

Outside the 16 sessions

Office hours

  • 8 hours of 1-on-1 with the head teacher
  • Direct feedback on the spot
  • Help with essay argumentation

Alumni network

  • Networking with top-university students
  • Referrals to top-firm internships
  • Peer reviews from Agora alumni + free bootcamps

Guest lectures

  • Top students on their personal-statement journey
  • How they found their topic
  • The structures they actually used

Where Agora writers end up

Admissions & scholarships

KAIST
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
University of Toronto
Franklin & Marshall College
NYU Abu Dhabi
Tashkent International School
Connecticut College
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
University of Kyoto
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Cornell University
KAIST
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
University of Toronto
Franklin & Marshall College
NYU Abu Dhabi
Tashkent International School
Connecticut College
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
University of Kyoto
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
Cornell University

Research & summer: Pioneer Research Program (3 admits) · Lumiere Research Program (5 admits) · and many others

What it costs

One program. Every session and every office hour included.

Standard

$400

for the full two-month program

  • All 16 sessions across both phases
  • 8 hours of office hours with the head teacher
  • Installment payments available
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SATashkent alumni

$100 off
$300$400

for the entire program

  • Everything in the standard program
  • Exclusively for SATashkent alumni
  • Installment payments available
Apply as an alum

Frequently asked questions

The things worth knowing before you start.

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