How Employees Feel
Working parents are under significant stress due to concerns surrounding college & career planning, affecting work and productivity.


Less productive
The average college application to a top 100 college process is estimated to take 60 to 200 hours .
95% of parents experience a level of stress or nervousness over the last year.
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More demanding of the benefits their employers offer
88% of parents use time at work to help their children with tasks related to college & career planning.
Parents have cited spending 10 work hours per week on college-related tasks.*

More stressed
Over 50% of parents agree that college & career planning has negatively impacted their childrens’ mental health.
29% of parents spend between 6 and 15 hours a week at work thinking about their children’s mental health.
What We Offer
Empowerly takes the stress out of the financial and logistical burdens families face on the long and complex road to college admissions.
Through Middle School
From financial planning to teaching new study skills and habits, we empower students to excel in their academic journey
High School
Personalized college admissions guidance and prep to tutoring and meaningful professional and research experiences
Our Services
Best Match® College Counseling
Our proprietary platform taps into an extensive network of expert counselors (including former admissions officers, experienced college counselors, pre-med specialists, computer science specialists, and more) to partner students with their Best Match admissions counselor who will guide them based on their educational interests and work style.
Empowerly Score®
The Empowerly Score® uses predictive machine learning models and is the only predictive technology that can also quantify subjective material. Offering a three-pronged approach to evaluate academics, essays, and extracurricular activities, The Empowerly Score® provides students with a 360-view of how to be competitive against other applicants applying to the top 175 U.S. universities.
College Admissions Committee Review
Our admissions committee reviews consist of a panel of former college admissions officers from highly selective universities that review the applications, as if they were reviewing an official college application. They partner with the student to provide the critical feedback needed to achieve admissions success.
Expert Advice & Essay Editing
Empowerly’s team of expert researchers is on hand to dig deep into the detailed data and provide useful answers to any admissions questions our students may have.
Our writing team helps students stand out in their personal essays by creating authentic, compelling and well-written essays. We make sure that every word written is outstanding and that the perfect narrative is crafted.
Startup Internship & Research Scholar Programs
Empowerly helps high school students gain real-world work experience by connecting them with virtual internships at Bay Area startups. From social media marketing to data analysis, these internships provide opportunities for students to build their extracurricular story and develop the valuable skills necessary to excel in college and their future careers. For those interested in pursuing research and writing, Empowerly offers a Research Scholar Program in which students are paired with a Ph.D. candidate to produce an independently developed research project.
College Financial Planning
Our team will provide assistance on reducing educational expenses via financial aid, scholarships, and grants.
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Our Mission
Our mission is to empower our students to be the most successful version of themselves in college admissions and beyond.

For Families
Parents may be lost. Empowerly has the solution. Empowerly uses data-driven technology paired with knowledgable experts to support families through every step of the college admissions process.

Empowerly Admissions Counselors
Empowerly college admissions counselors have helped thousands of students get accepted to their top-choice programs. Our team consists of graduates from top U.S. colleges with expertise in a variety of subjects including STEM, pre-med, business and the humanities.