The Team

OUR
ADVISORS

Every advisor is a current undergraduate at a top university — deeply involved in their school and adept at helping the next applicant embody its archetype.

Kiara Wahnschafft
Founder & Lead Advisor

KIARA
WAHNSCHAFFT

MIT '21

Kiara is a 2021 MIT graduate who double majored in mechanical engineering (with a focus in CS) and economics. After graduating, she worked at McKinsey before founding Sophos. She has personally advised many students to admission at top universities.

Read more about her time at MIT →

MIT '21 McKinsey Alumni Founder
Summer 2026 Cohort

ADVISORS
BEING
SELECTED.

Each semester Kiara curates a small cohort of current undergraduates from the schools her students are targeting. Advisors are selected for both their academic excellence and their ability to embody — and articulate — their school's archetype.

Summer 2026 advisor profiles will be posted here shortly.

M
MIT
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S
Stanford
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H
Harvard
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B
UC Berkeley
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Y
Yale
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C
CMU
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