Here are excerpts of a few of the numerous thank-you letters Mr.
Ma received during his university preparation, applications and admissions
mentoring service career.
Hi, Mr.
Ma!! Thanks so much for the huge support and encouragement the whole way
through...I would not have applied to Harvard EA without your insistence!! In
addition, thank you for all of your counseling and advice...I am truly very
grateful and honored!!!
- Student
admitted Early Action to Harvard University
Even now Mr. Ma continues to support
me in my post-high school and professional endeavors. He has been tremendously
helpful and has my full recommendation.
- Student to graduate from
Harvard University this year
As for
Stanford, I couldn’t have done it without your guidance. : )
- Student attending Stanford
University
I heard back from all my remaining colleges yesterday and got accepted
to UPenn College of Arts and Sciences! I’ve been estatic these past few days,
and I just wanted to thank you for all your help these past few years. Without
your wise advice about SATs and your reviews of my applications, not to
mention all the questions you’ve answered remotely for me and numerous other details
you’ve advised me on, I could not have done so much and gone this far. Thank
you Mr. Ma for helping me on my way! I am 100% sure I’m going to be
attending Penn next year, and I can’t wait to be a part of their undergrad IR
program. Thanks again, my family and I are very grateful!
- Student at the University of
Pennsylvania (Penn)
I am writing to thank you for your guidance throughout this
entire college preparation and application process. Getting acceptances
from Princeton, Dartmouth, and Duke along with Northwestern, Berkeley, UCLA,
and UCSD have really proven to me that hard work pays off! Without your
help, I don’t know if any of this would have been possible. I appreciate your
vision, passion, and valuable time that is showered on your students!
- Student at Princeton University
I want to thank you with my innermost
sincerity for all that you have done in guiding my academic planning, personal development and college
applications. Working with you has been more than inspiring and rewarding. The
scene of my first meeting you and weeping in front of you in my sophomore year
is deeply imprinted in my heart. It is by no means an exaggeration to attribute
the stimulus of my turning point in life to you and your team. When I deviated from the light
of learning and lost my direction with a confounded mind, it was you who
motivated me to embrace my former assiduity; it was you who showed me the path
to success; and it was you who encouraged me to indefatigably run toward my
future. The innumerable times of commenting on and re-proofreading essays, the
scrupulous examinations of applications, the critical updates and follow-ups,
the eye-opening ideas and suggestions, the more than strong sense of
responsibility, the admirable mission beyond that about responsibility… My
experience with you has been a life-changing one, with or without the final
results.
- Student at Bowdoin College
(also admitted to UC Berkeley and other top-tier schools)
I want to express my gratitude for
your help during my college application season. The tips, words of wisdom, and
advice I was given by you were all helpful towards achieving and exceeding my
goals of getting in the college I wished to envision myself in. I’m extremely
excited for my entry into Stanford University, and I am anticipating a
fantastic undergraduate experience! Once again, thank you for your help
and your encouragement for making my dream school a reality! I’ll try to keep
in touch and maybe visit in the future!
- Student at Stanford
University
I was very excited about visiting
Cambridge in April – there is no doubt that MIT will offer me the best
possible education in the STEM fields. I am still very busy these days, as my
team was recently named the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards Regional
Winner. I was one of lucky international students accepted. I think MIT
would be the perfect place for me to continue my interest in math and science
innovation. Thanks again for all of your help this year. I will keep you
updated on my endeavors at MIT!
- Student at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT)
I was accepted to all of the UC’s
that I applied to, with Regents scholarships at UCLA, San Diego, Irvine and
Davis. I was also accepted by USC and Northwestern with Dean’s scholarship. I
visited Northwestern campus and attended their orientation, but after much
thought I decided to submit my SIR to UC Berkeley, where I will be majoring in
Bioengineering. Thank you for all of your help and guidance with my
college application process, tuning my writing and editing my essays to make
them presentable in my voice. I owe a great deal of the admission outcome to
your focused help.
- Student at UC Berkeley’s
College of Engineering
I want to take this
opportunity to express my sincere thanks for your help and guidance to my
son. He got into Duke. It wouldn’t have happened without your
help.
- Parent
of Student at Duke University, Admitted Early Decision
Thank you so much for your help and
guidance through the years, otherwise I probably wouldn’t have applied to
Dartmouth. I am really appreciative. I’m also really excited to attend
Dartmouth next fall!
- Student at Dartmouth College
I just wanted to wish you a Happy New
Year and to tell you that I am really enjoying college at WashU. I have just
completed my first semester and I am continuing to pursue pre-med, but will be
changing my major to Health Management from BioE. I was lucky to realize that
BioE was not for me fairly earlier in my academic career so that switching will
not be a difficulty.
- Student at Washington
University in St. Louis
Thanks for all the patience you have
exhibited towards me; without your help I doubt I would have gotten this
far. I’m grateful for all the time you’ve spent advising me, editing my
essays, and those pep talks about the world in and after college. I’ve
gotten into Berkeley, an amazing school, and I hope you have as much luck helping
next year’s students into their dream schools.
- Student at UC Berkeley
My daughter was accepted by UC
Berkeley and NYU. Per the letter from the Berkeley
office undergraduate admissions on 03/25/10, “The admissions staff
reviewed more than 50,000 applicants of extraordinary quality before selecting
you for this offer.” She cannot get in Berkeley without your important and
high quality guidance. Your great help would be always appreciated by our
family! Take Care and thank you again for your great work! Thank you so
much!
- Parent of Student at UC
Berkeley
I got rejected from Brown and
waitlisted for Wellesley, but is all good! Because after talking with many
alumni and current students, I am excited to go to UCLA! Thank you and your
editor for all your help and support! You’ve stuck with me through these “dark”
times and I’m so glad for all your help.
- Student at UCLA
I got into UC Berkeley, and I’m
seriously considering enrolling there for the fall. It’s hard to believe that I
was applying to college less than a year ago; it was such a dark, dark moment
of my life. I guess time just flies by Senior year! Thank you for all your help
and constant dedication to all your students. If it weren’t for your help, my
acceptance probably wouldn’t have been possible. Once again, thank you for your
support. It feels great knowing that all my hard work and all your hard work
has paid off.
- Student at UC Berkeley
I want to thank you for
everything you've done for me, from helping with my applications to
helping resolve my financial aid situation. The latter was not something that
you had to do, yet you still went out of your way to help me during a difficult
crisis. I am forever grateful for your help, and I know that my parents are grateful
too.
- Student at MIT
Happy Chinese New Year to
you, Mr. Ma! Enjoy your day with your family and loved ones! I'll be sure to
keep you updated :) Thanks for being there for me after almost 4 years. I really
appreciate your support and guidance.
- Student at UC Berkeley
