Are You Excited About Your Future? You Should Be.

let me show you how high your potential really is.

Your success in life goes beyond admissions. What I offer my students is much more than admissions coaching. I mentor my students on how to become leaders and influencers so they can make the world a better place. I look for bright, curious, motivated individuals who want to achieve greatness in whatever they do.

Your dream is waiting….I teach you how to make it happen.
There’s an art to amplifying the very best version of you.

Does this sound familiar?

You have a very busy lifestyle
You know you learn better with one on one attention
You want support with the advancements you desire to be making
You want to uncover your passions and showcase them through original projects
You want to explore real life scenarios using the depths of your intellect

Getting into your dream school is just the beginning. I want you to thrive and ultimately have lasting success throughout your life.

Let’s expand your education beyond the books.

Just imagine

Walking through the halls feeling like you’re in control because you can organize yourself and your time
Being comfortable with the elective classes and activities you choose because they reflect your genuine interests
Knowing you chose the right standardized exam to take because it fits your learning style and you’ve got a plan to tackle it
Spending your summers exploring meaningful activities you care about that impact your community
Feeling good about letters of recommendation knowing they’ll showcase your best qualities
Using college essays as a way to express the different sides of you that you don’t let the world see

I’ve spent 21 years helping curious, driven and directed students make that vision a reality.

Here's my promise to you:

I teach you how to succeed through the college and graduate school admissions process and create life long success. I have a gift for seeing the true potential in students and coaching them on how to show it to the world. I’ve mastered admissions coaching but what I stand for is teaching you how to have life long success. Life long success means thriving through high school, college, graduate school, your career, and your personal and professional relationships because you are grounded in your principles. My coaching and mentorship is about admissions and lasting success based on my own real-world experience as a very successful legal professional, mentor, and teacher.

I’ve spent 21 years guiding students through academic transitions. My students who go on to attend in state colleges with merit based scholarships are just as capable as those who attend top schools because they share the same traits: self-direction, curiosity, competitiveness and the genuine desire to become leaders. I’ve seen burn out and success. I’ve seen students get into top schools and then be unable to adapt. I’ve also seen students lead themselves through high school and into their dream college and then go on to change the world using their talents, their self leadership and their intellect.

Lasting success is what I want for you.

What's my track record?

2022-2023 was the most competitive academic year in history. Regardless of the reduction in available spots and increase in applicant pools, students were admitted into top schools including:

Yale
Dartmouth
Columbia
Northwestern
NYU
Washington University
Johns Hopkins
UCLA

UC Berkley
Georgetown
Wellesley
Barnard
Top universities in Texas
Accelerated medical programs
Accelerated law programs

Smart Strategies. Purposeful Planning.

I don’t just work with students who want to go to the most selective institutions, I have also helped tons of students apply for competitive programs at state schools that offered them super generous merit scholarships and other financial awards.

My students feel more confident about their transitions from academia to the professional world because they’ve gained valuable life skills, such as:

Most of my students have gone on to pursue graduate school in areas like medicine, law, engineering, business, and PhDs.

You don’t have to do this alone…

MENTORING. COACHING. ADVISING.

Zehra helped my son develop important life skills. He learned how to communicate more clearly verbally and in writing, prepare for and give interviews, apply for research positions and internships, write about himself, and think about his strengths and skills in the right way so he could create an original resume. My son respects Zehra a great deal and I can see that he has more confidence in his abilities.

Zehra helped me prepare and apply for a scholarship prestige program at the University of Oklahoma that only takes in a really small number of students. She helped me improve my speaking skills so I could give interview answers and also helped me raise my confidence about the interview, and I am happy to say that thanks to her help I am officially apart of that program. I felt that due to Zehra’s help, I have advanced and learned new skills that are crucial for my future, such as nailing interviews.

Zehra Mahid is a phenomenal college and career advisor! She truly invests in each of her students to the max, taking time to curate an environment which makes them feel comfortable yet challenged at the same time. Her commitment manifests in both time and energy, which is clear from the moment she first hears of your application goals to when she helps you curate your perfect, final application. More than a few years later, I still recall her believing in me and encouraging me at times when I wasn’t sure myself, which is something truly unique and often difficult for a mentor to communicate effectively to a student. I cannot recommend her services enough times — the impact her work had truly changed the trajectory and success of my career and educational goals for the better.

Like many people, I was working during my law school application process. This meant it was a little harder to find time to get comprehensive feedback on my admissions essays. Zehra was incredible not only in the depth of the insight and advice she provided, but also the flexibility she showed in carving out time around my working hours. Her approach was extremely comprehensive as she would explain each comment she had provided during our phone calls and, patiently listen to my stories and ideas in order to help me brainstorm new ways to put them down as part of a cohesive essay. Her feedback was essential in allowing me to paint a vivid portrait of the experiences that had pushed me to apply to law school and to be accepted to my first choice school! Overall, working with Zehra was a great experience as you can tell how much she cares about you and your success.

I had been dealing with stress and writers block when I first started my medical school applications but when I started working with Zehra, something clicked! Her step by step approach helped me through my secondaries. Her teaching style helped me understand how to make all my essays sound thoughtful and put together! I could tell how committed she was to her students by the time and effort she put into understanding my story and teaching me how to tell it.

Zehra has been an excellent mentor to me, and someone I know I can always count on with any questions about graduate school or careers. She helped me figure out the direction I wanted to go with my college degree, and what steps I needed to take to get there. Without her guidance I would have felt lost in the graduate school application process. She taught me how to craft the perfect personal statement to get my intent for applying across clearly, and really make an impact. Her help enabled me to get into my dream graduate program, counseling psychology at the University of Central Oklahoma