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The Global Youth Initiative

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Cultivating Leadership

Building hope for our future

Young students are the world's most valuable assets that can make positive changes for a better world. GY Consulting offers students and parents in South Korea and around the world with unsurpassed admissions consulting services so that our students may, in fact, become “global youths”. Our mentors and consultants not only help students achieve their greatest potentials during high school, we also meticulously curate each student's achievements and experiences to showcase their best selves.

What separates GY from the competition?

Our consultants have over 50 years of collective experience in admissions consulting. We’ve helped students get admissions from the most selective universities like Cornell, Duke, NYU, UCLA, University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon, UNC-Chapel Hill, Amherst College, Carleton College, Haverford College and more.

Our consultants only take on a select number of students every year. This allows us to get to know our students in depth and provide the personalized guidance they deserve. The passion that motivates our team comes from the hope of changing the world by helping our students become the best. We take pride in being there every step of the way to mentor, nurture, instill confidence, and ease the admissions process for our students.

The Global Youth Initiative moves beyond helping students get good grades and test scores. Our process motivates students to find their identity and strengths through various community-building activities and service work, and instills a “compass” that compels them to make positive changes in the world. The holistic approach separates us from other admissions consulting firms, carefully considering the whole student and their goals.

Consultants and mentors work closely together to offer help in various angles. Group meetings are regularly held to review the progress of each student so that the student may benefit from the entire team. Mock admissions process will be conducted to realistically diagnose our applicants, and provide effective help and guidelines.

We are available in-person, by phone, on Zoom, or on our website to offer seamless communication between parents, students, and our team so that we are on the same page throughout the entire admissions process.

Our Consulting Services

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GY Academic Homestay Consulting

GY Consulting is the only educational consulting company in South Korea where mentors live with students in homestay settings to offer personalized, 24/7, premium consultation. If your child is attending an international school in the Seoul-Incheon area and you're interested in our Academic Homestay, definitely check out our excellent homestay consulting program.

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GY University Admissions Consulting

Students who are planning to apply to universities in the US gain incredible strategies and insights on preparing for college admissions. Our expert team guides you throughout your high school years so that you can be confident about your academic and college admissions goals.

First Steps

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Getting To Know You

Free 30-Minute Initial Consultation

The GY Initial consultation is a detailed profile review that includes a 30-minute meeting with your expert counselor to get started on a personalized, strategic action plan to help your student achieve their academic and college admissions goals. Families learn in more detail our consulting products, and ask any questions you may have about our services. This crucial first step is for both the Academic Homestay Consulting and the University Admissions Consulting. After you complete our initial consultation form, we will email you our fees and ask you to respond with some dates and times that are convenient for you for our free consultation. Based upon the 30-minute consultation, we will recommend to you how we can proceed.

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Creating a Game Plan

1-Hour Strategy Session

After your Initial Consultation, we request the student’s transcript, any completed test results, a list of extracurriculars, etc. During this strategy session, we come up with a plan to maximize the student's academic potential, provide essential tips to supplement possible gaps for improvement, and take courses outside of school (if necessary). If the student is in the eleventh grade, we will start on an appropriate list of colleges. In the process, we would also develop an academic and extracurricular strategy that will make your child as competitive as possible to the colleges to which he or she will eventually apply. Whether you proceed with our assistance with the college application process or not, you will come away from this one-hour strategy session with invaluable insight into the process.

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148, Edu city ro, Samjeong G Edu, 119-404,

Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, Korea

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