Where the method came from

The method was built
in a pro-bono environment.

Before Meridian existed, our founders developed this methodology through AcceptED USC, a free program they founded at USC that has advised 150+ underserved Los Angeles students through the college application process. AcceptED USC established prior partnerships with Princeton Review and Illumna to support their students.

AcceptED USC has helped students get into top universities including
Harvard Princeton MIT Cornell Duke UC Berkeley UCLA UC San Diego UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Cruz NYU Georgia Tech USC Wisconsin RIT Cal Poly UC Irvine Boston University SDSU + more

All school names on this page are listed for identification only and do not imply endorsement or affiliation.

Meridian Results

Founders of Meridian have directly helped students get into

College and Beyond

The goal is bigger than
the admit.

The habits that produce a strong application, meeting deadlines, taking feedback, saying clearly what you want, are the same ones that carry a student through college and beyond. The aim is not a name on a sweatshirt. It is finding the school that genuinely fits, and arriving there built to make the most of it.

Most students don't realize what they're capable of until you show them proof from their own life. My job is helping them see that clearly and build the mindset to go after it, because that mindset sticks with them long after the applications are done.

R
Ryan
Co-Founder

For a family, this is the biggest decision their student has made so far. They deserve a process that takes it as seriously as they do.

B
Brandon
Co-Founder
The Guarantee

We back the work with money.

Acceptance Guarantee

Admitted to none of your schools? Full refund.

Complete the process and receive no acceptance from any school on your final, mutually-agreed list of five or more schools, and Meridian refunds 100% of fees paid. The full conditions including deadlines, participation, and more are set out in your engagement agreement, and we walk through them before you sign.