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Results 2025-26
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Founded by Princeton alumni, trusted by students across 30+ countries.
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1
Harvard
1
MIT
2
Yale
5
Brown University
7
Stanford
10
Columbia University
13
Cornell
4
University of Oxford
3
Caltech
14
UPenn
2
University of Cambridge
21
UC Berkeley
8
Dartmouth
24
Imperial
14
Duke
8
Northwestern
3
University of Chicago
10
JHU
12
CMU
37
UCL
7
LSE
29
NYU
37
UCLA
2
Williams
3
Georgetown
5
Vanderbilt
7
Rice University
42
USC
1
Pomona
34
University of Michigan
15
University of Virginia
22
Georgia Tech
5
Claremont McKenna
27
Emory
15
UT Austin
39
UC San Diego
2
Tufts
8
Parsons
18
University of St. Andrews
5
University of Toronto
2
RISD
55
Purdue
80
UIUC
33
Warwick
16
King's College
12
University of Edinburgh
10
Durham University
13
Boston University
7
Babson
21
UNC Chapel Hill
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30
Countries represented
4,000+
Admissions over 11 years
900+
Admissions in 2024-25
1,000+
Students since 2014
90%
Admitted to Top-20 US universities
85%
Admitted to Top-5 UK universities
8x
Athena's Ivy admission rate boost (2025)
180+
Ivy+ & Oxbridge admissions since 2014*
Athena Goes Global
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Today's hyper-competitive universities seek authenticity and enthusiasm above all. At Athena, we help turn your quirky talents and passions into powerful college applications.
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Co-founder on LinkedIn? Cool. So what?
Preparing an application suited to elite university tastes requires craft. With the Athena masala, we teach you the recipe for success.
Our Results
A master class in undergraduate admissions, since 2014
199+
Purdue
45+
Kings College
97+
Warwick
6+
Harvard
25+
Stanford
9+
Princeton
23+
Cornell
26+
Upenn
9+
Columbia
14+
Oxford
14+
Cambridge
21+
Brown
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They showed me how to use every part of my application — the activities list, the essays, the supplements — to show I'm not just one-faceted, but someone with many different sides that are unique and interesting.
Farhan Haque
Princeton University '28
Athena has been really fundamental in my journey. More than that, I think they gave me this belief in myself … I would not have been able to write such good essays without the mentorship I received.
Eshna Agarwal
Harvard University '29
It had been my dream to write a research paper, but I thought I'd have to wait until college … Athena will adapt to exactly what you want. They are a bank of wisdom, always there to solve your problems.
Agastyaa Vishwanath
Imperial College London '27
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