The Round Table
Multi-mentor, one-on-one coaching to help students earn places at top US undergraduate programs and US private boarding schools — while building habits, thinking, and perspective that last a lifetime.
Why us
Our mentors graduated from Harvard, Cambridge, and MIT. Over the past decade every student we've worked with has placed in a US News Top 40 school — including Stanford, Columbia, UChicago, and top private high schools like Marlborough and Crossroads.
No layered outsourcing, no assembly-line service. The mentor you meet is the mentor who works with your child — from motivation and study habits, to test Q&A, to polishing every essay.
We blend a liberal arts ethos with the Oxbridge tutorial model: Socratic dialogue to build critical thinking and independent judgment, and personalized 1:1 guidance shaped to each student's temperament.
Services
End-to-end application season
For students applying soon and short on time
We set the pace and take the load off — covering activity planning, every essay, interviews, and submission QA.
Process
We learn where your child is today, recommend the right mentor team and a tailored approach, and align on goals.
Based on academic profile and personality, we design the application strategy best suited to top-school admissions.
Day-care style study check-ins. We adapt the plan to regular academic reviews and answer questions online within 24 hours.
Mentors
Every mentor on our team graduated from Harvard, Cambridge, MIT or peer institutions.
Pomona College alumni interviewer · Writer
Zhonglun earned his undergraduate degree from Pomona College, ranked the #4 liberal arts college in the United States. He went on to a master's in Social Anthropology at the Univer…
Pomona College · MIT (CS & Technology Policy)
Boyu graduated from Pomona College — the #4 liberal arts college in the US — on a four-year merit scholarship. He went on to earn dual master's degrees from MIT in Computer Science…
Wellesley College Summa Cum Laude · Math & CS
Gab graduated in the top 1% of her class, Summa Cum Laude, from Wellesley College — the #3 liberal arts college in the US — with cross-registration at MIT. At Wellesley she majored…
Amherst College · Harvard Law School (JD)
David graduated from Amherst College — the #2 liberal arts college in the US — on a four-year merit scholarship. He went on to earn his JD from Harvard Law School. His high school …
Amherst College · UW HCDE · Cross-disciplinary artist
Anqi studied at Amherst College — the #2 liberal arts college in the US — on a full scholarship, majoring in Anthropology. For graduate school she entered the Human Centered Design…
Results
Over the past decade our mentors have placed students at Princeton, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, UChicago, Berkeley, Columbia, Northwestern and many more. For boarding schools: Marlborough, Crossroads, Governor's, and other top private schools. With no student ever scoring a top standardized test, we have never had an applicant land below US News Top 40.
A selection of representative placements — not an exhaustive list.
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