Reimagine your application experience.

Structured and Personalized Admission Support for Top Universities in US, UK, and Elsewhere

We beat the odds.

Since 2014, Essai has worked with hundreds of students with its end-to-end intensive counselling program.
In that time, our students have earned:

200+

Top 10* Offers

700+

Top 30* Offers

Why Essai?

We put you at the centre of your application.

Proven Success
Rate

With a 92% acceptance rate into Tier 1-3 universities globally, our personalized approach ensures you’re on the right path to your dream school.

Tailored Application
Strategy

We create customized application strategies that highlight your strengths, making your profile stand out to top universities.

Expert Guidance at Every Step

Our experienced mentors provide comprehensive support, from profile building to interview preparation, ensuring you are fully prepared for every stage of the application process.

Our students have earned 1000+ offers at top Universities!

What we do

At Essai, we specialise in end to end profile building and college application support for the best colleges and universities in the US and the UK.

Profile Building

At Essai, we guide and support standout profiles by understanding individual strengths, goals, and preferences. We ensure continuous academic progress, facilitate service delivery through a global network, and provide prompt, positive support. Our team is with you every step of the way throughout the entire process.

Application Support

Our Application Support program helps students create personal, memorable, and bold applications. We craft high-quality essays, manage 3+ application portals, offer rapid response to student and parent input, and ensure proactive deadline management. We provide end-to-end support for up to 25 applications or schools.

College Knowledge

Offering up to 20 personalized reports and plans. Students gain exclusive access to Ivy-correlated competitions, summer schools, and research opportunities. Additionally, we provide real successful Ivy League essays, Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, and Imperial College personal statements, and elite summer school application materials.

Nicholas Henderson

Our Director, Nicholas Henderson, graduated from Harvard in 2006. He has since taught at Shrewsbury School (UK), authored the Pearson’s Guide to the SAT (2010), and co-founded Essai Education in 2015. Nick splits his time between Delhi, London, and Washington DC.

Our hardworking, creative, and passionate team members are motivated by Essai’s ambition to transform the education experience.

Strategic Profile Building

At Essai, our aim is to guide, develop and support student efforts to help them create profiles that stand out. Using our proprietary resources and strategic partnerships, we are equipped to provide both advisory and operational support in relation to extracurricular activities, internships, academic research and social service leadership.

Explore and understand possible intended majors

Craft and engage with internships, summer schools, research projects, and more

Coordinate and manage the standardised testing requirements

Ideate and drive an impact-driven social initiative

Supervise and support scholastic progress

Comprehensive Application Support

Our Application Support program assists with every stage of the application process: developing a college list that suits your needs and interests, providing support and structure for your application essays, assisting in the effective completion of your application forms, and clarifying any doubts you might have along the way!

Longlist and shortlist optimal college list

Identify and engage school stakeholders

Synthesize and communicate key profile building elements

Ideate and develop creative application essays

Understand and manage portals and submit timely applications

We work with students all over the world.

Experience the Essai Difference

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Follow our Journey

Getting waitlisted isn’t the end, it’s an opportunity.

Here’s what you can do next:
🔹 Stay calm and respond promptly. Accept your spot on the waitlist.
🔹 Send a Letter of Continued Interest (LOCI). Express why the school is still your top choice.
🔹 Update your application. Share new achievements, awards, or improved grades.
🔹 Keep options open. Secure your place at another college while you wait.
🔹 Stay engaged. Colleges want to see persistence and maturity.

At Essai, we guide students through every twist of the admissions process—even the unexpected ones.

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At Essai, we help ambitious students turn dreams into offers from the world’s best universities.

Here’s what we offer:
Profile Building – Crafting a compelling, authentic story through impactful activities.

Research Mentorship – Publishing meaningful projects with guidance from top experts.

Essay Guidance – Crafting essays that resonate with your voice and goals.

Application Strategy – Building a strong, clear, and balanced college list.

With a 91.07% acceptance rate to top 50 global universities - regardless of grades or standardised testing - Essai students stand out.

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The wait is over—the Common App opens August 1st!

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📢 We are hiring!! 📢

Email us with your cv and application at hr@essai.in
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Many parents ask how to get their kids to read more. 

Our answer: they just haven’t found the right material yet. That’s why we offer a fun, engaging reading program for 9th and 10th graders, focusing on topics like sports, business, and science. 

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#FranklinEssayPrize2025: Write a 1000-word academic essay, and email us your entry in Word or PDF format at essayprize@essai.in, with your name, school and grade in the subject line.

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Join Harvard & Oxford alums at 7:00 PM IST for a FREE webinar revealing the 7 pillars of profile building that got over 600 students accepted.

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AI is reshaping college admissions—but not always in the ways you expect.

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We’re proud to say that 89% of our students who are qualified to apply to Ivy League universities succeed with our support, compared to an overall 5% acceptance rate. 

Our success comes from deep knowledge of what admissions truly look for—focusing on the right story, activities, and essays.

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