Our Mission

Who We Are

GradKeys was founded on a simple belief: the most relevant college guidance should come from people who have just navigated the process themselves and are now thriving inside the very institutions students aspire to join.

After going through the admissions journey ourselves, we realized how much of the process is misunderstood. Many students are told what looks impressive on paper, but not what truly resonates with admissions committees. There is often a gap between generic advice and what universities are actually seeking in their incoming classes.

We experienced that gap firsthand, so that is why we founded GradKeys.

We are five current undergraduate students from leading universities around the world who have walked the admissions journey recently and successfully. However, our perspective is shaped not only by acceptance letters, but by what follows. We sit in the lectures. We build relationships with professors. We participate in seminars. We work alongside ambitious peers from around the world. We understand the academic culture, the expectations, and the unspoken standards that distinguish strong applicants from truly compelling ones.

We are not simply advisors looking from the outside in.

We are the results of the strategies we teach.

That is what makes GradKeys different.