Andrew Bui
Computer Science @ Stanford, Class of '28. Founder of Beyond Admit.
I didn't get into Stanford by accident. I didn't have a perfect roadmap handed to me. I had to build one. The thing that changed everything was realizing top schools don't want generic applicants. They want a clear, unique story.
That realization became the Narrative Method, the framework I now use to help students turn a scattered list of activities into one undeniable story, the same way I had to for my own application two years ago.
I founded Beyond Admit to give a small number of students the kind of attention I wish I'd had: someone who went through the process recently, knows what's actually working right now, and has the time to work through every essay and every activity line by line, not a template.
Who I Work With
Middle schoolers through seniors who are serious about T20 schools. Some arrive with a long activity list and no through-line running between any of it. Others have one real obsession they've been told isn't impressive enough to build an application around. It usually is.
Three groups run a different enough process that I've written separately about what changes: international students, student athletes and transfer students.
How the Mentorship Runs
Two to four students a cycle, over roughly three to six months. The cap is the entire point. It's the only way I can read every draft properly instead of leaving the same margin comments on a template, and it's why I turn people away rather than scale.
We work through strategy, the personal statement, supplemental essays, the activity list, school lists, scholarships and interview prep until it's ready to submit. Full detail is in the FAQ.
What I'm Not
A certified counselor with decades in the industry. If you want someone with thirty years of institutional relationships, that person exists and it isn't me.
What I bring instead is recency. I went through this two years ago under the rules that apply now, which is the view that got me and the students I've mentored into Stanford, Cornell, Berkeley, UCLA and NYU. Nobody can guarantee an admission, and anyone who does is lying to you.