Students who got in

"I was stuck on my 'Why UC Berkeley' supplement for weeks. My mentor had gone through the exact same application two years earlier and completely reframed how I was thinking about it. I went from a generic answer to something I was really proud of."

"My mentor helped me realize my personal statement was trying to cover too much. One conversation later, I had a completely different essay — more focused, more personal. Vanderbilt was my dream school and I'm convinced the essay got me in."

"English is my second language and I was terrified my essays wouldn't sound 'American.' My mentor actually told me my voice was my biggest strength. She helped me lean into it instead of trying to sound like everyone else."

"I booked three sessions over two months. Each one was different — the first was brainstorming, the second was a full essay review, and the third was supplement prep. My mentor was incredibly organized and clearly remembered everything we talked about."

"I'd already paid a college counselor $3,000 and still felt lost. A Luminao mentor helped me more in two sessions for under $150 total. The difference was that she actually went through this process recently."

"My mentor gave me the most honest feedback I'd ever received. She didn't sugarcoat it — she told me my essay was trying too hard to impress. That was hard to hear but it changed everything. The revised version was so much better."