Share what you learned applying to college, help high schoolers with their essays and applications, and get paid on your own schedule.
Sign up
Your profile
Meet students
Get paid
Step 1
Sign up with your .edu email
Use your college .edu email to join. You’ll also upload a résumé and a photo of your student ID, and we review them before you’re listed.
Confirmed with a 6-digit code sent to that inbox
Luminao reviews each profile before it goes live
Example
Apply to mentor
College .edu email
you@college.edu
6-digit code from that inbox
418
Then a résumé and a photo of your student ID for Luminao’s review.
Step 2
Build your profile and open your times
Add your photo, bio, what you help with and your prices. Then open time slots on your weekly calendar. Students can only book times you’ve opened, so you stay in control of your schedule.
No minimum hours
Turn the free intro on or off
A real mentor card. Students see yours before they book.
Step 3
Meet students and give feedback
When a student books or sends a request, you get a notification. Calls happen in Luminao’s own video room: paid calls are 60 minutes, free intros 15. For essay edits, you leave suggestions in the margin of their draft.
You never write a student’s essay
Suggestions are labeled “Mentor suggestion”, never AI
Example
Alex M.
Class of 2027
Hi! Could you look at my personal statement? The opening feels slow.
Essay edit request
Common App personal statement
480 words · $33.60 · you keep $26.88
Accept · $33.60Decline
You choose which requests to take.
Example
Mentor suggestion
3 of 5
Yours…we had gotten through four pages,Suggested…we had covered four pages,
Tighter, and it sets up the contrast with “read.”
AcceptKeep mine
Step 4
Get paid
You keep 80% of every paid order, video calls and essay edits alike. For video calls, your share goes to your Stripe account about a day after the session. For essay edits, it goes when you deliver. Stripe then pays your bank, usually in about 2 business days. A new Stripe account’s first payout can take 7–14 days.
Example
Essay edit for Maya R.
Delivered Sat, Oct 24
You keep
$36.40
650 words, paid by Maya
$45.50
Luminao’s 20%
−$9.10
Held by Luminao from Thu, Oct 22 until you delivered
On the way to your bank
Expected Mon, Oct 26
What you can earn
You set your own rates under Luminao’s caps. Students see them on your profile, with no added fees.
Your rate
Your cut
80% of every paid order, video calls and essay edits alike.
Payment speed
About a day after a video call, or when you deliver an edit. Stripe then pays your bank in about 2 business days. A new account’s first payout can take 7–14 days.
Example: 4 one-hour calls a week at $40/hr is $128 a week to you. You choose how many to take.
Ready to get started?
Sign up with your .edu email. We review your résumé and student ID before you’re listed.