Create a Winning College Admissions Strategy & Design The Life You Envision
Master Plan Academy students typically apply to 8-12 colleges. They identify schools, potential majors, and careers that fit them.
Our students learn to see the whole picture through coaching in design thinking, that helps them achieve College Admissions and Life Goals.
Students have their path illuminated by a nationally recognized College/Career/Tech teacher and UC Berkeley & Harvard alum.
A Stress-Free & Holistic College Admissions Journey
With options tailored to the stage your teen is at today
Choose the College Admissions & Life Design Option That Fits Where You Are in Your Journey
11th/12th: High school juniors and seniors achieve college admissions success through expert 1:1 coaching that integrates life design thinking into the application process.
8th – 10th: Younger teens accelerate academic success, personal growth, and readiness for college admissions through group-based coaching that integrates college prep & life design.
“Designing College”: Our 1:1 College Admissions Coaching Program
(High School Juniors & Seniors)
We provide you with a comprehensive 1:1 coaching program that helps you create a winning application strategy, optimize leadership and extracurriculars, and create compelling essays and applications. Coaching to align college plans to your values and career goals included.
“Designing High School”: Group-Based College Prep & Life Design Coaching
(8th – 10th Graders)
We deliver an innovative group-based coaching program that helps teens leap years ahead in readiness for college admissions and life success. Students master powerful academic, tech, and life skills. They develop a college and career vision and plan, and begin to build it in high school.
Who We Are
Master Plan Academy (MPA) is an EdTech & Coaching startup. We were established in 2024 to provide teens with powerful design-thinking and life skills necessary to maximize their potential, achieve college and career success, and create personal fulfillment.
Investing In & Lifting Up Our Community
It’s not just that getting accepted to selective colleges has become more confusing and competitive each year. It’s that the returns to a prestigious 4-year degree have become more uncertain than ever. Even graduates of top colleges are finding themselves adrift, without a passion or clear plan, and often with burnout or no job at all.
Master Plan Academy (MPA) is committed to bringing the best in life coaching, tech, and design thinking to help students create the life they want. We have a track record of innovation and service. We deliver free workshops on college admissions and life design. Our founder has served his Bay Area public school district as citywide PTA treasurer for Alameda, where he assists with distributing grants to school sites to support enrichment and build school culture. He also oversees $298 M in infrastructure spending for the Alameda Unified Superintendent, as part of the Bond Oversight Committee.
Prior to founding MPA, Neil developed an innovative college/career/tech curriculum and partnered with the Pearson Foundation to build a district-wide curriculum for San Francisco, which served over 2,000 high school students. His work on his own course and this collaboration earned him a national teaching award- the Symantec Award for Innovation in Education.
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