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Ivy League Mentors

Our Ivy League mentors help students develop outstanding learning habits and achieve exceptional academic performance.

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Why Choose Our Ivy League Mentors?

  • 1-1 mentoring with an Ivy League graduate
  • Improve learning habits and academic performance
  • We’ve supported US university applicants since 2005
  • Our Ivy League success rate is 4.5x higher than average
  • 75% of our students get into their first-choice US college

 

Our US & Ivy League applications support is delivered by A-List Education, globally trusted experts in US application consultancy.

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Your Path to Academic Excellence

Transform Your Performance with Ivy League Mentoring

Our Ivy League mentors develop confident, independent learners equipped to excel academically.

Working exclusively one-to-one with a mentor who graduated from an Ivy League school, students receive an in-depth review of their study habits and goals. From there, the mentor designs a bespoke Academic Plan to strengthen every aspect of their learning.

Whether the student is aiming to balance academics and extracurriculars or gain admission to a leading US university, our Ivy League mentoring offers the structured, high-level support they need to flourish.

Book a free consultation to learn more about our mentoring.

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Average SAT score improvement
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First-choice university rate
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Ivy League offers in 2025

Ivy League acceptance rate
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Average ACT score improvement
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Our Ivy League Mentoring Process

Our Ivy League mentoring empowers students to grow into confident, independent learners who can plan, prioritise, and take charge of their studies.

Our mentors take time to understand each student’s learning habits, then design a bespoke coaching plan tailored to their goals. By guiding their mentee and keeping them accountable, our Ivy League mentors help them improve their learning habits and manage their workload.

Every student begins the mentoring process with an intake consultation with our Academic Director, Harvard graduate Charlotte McKechnie. Charlotte assesses the student’s current academic habits and performance, and they discuss the improvements they wish to make. At the end of the consultation, Charlotte designs a fully personalised strategy and goals list for the mentoring.

We pair every student with a hand-picked Ivy League mentor based on their academic interests, personality, and the outcomes of the intake consultation. This process is designed to match each student with the mentor who is best suited to helping them achieve their goals.

During the initial stages of the mentoring, the student and their mentor meet for longer and more frequent sessions. This phase is designed to embed improved learning habits and enhance their academic performance as quickly as possible.

As the mentoring progresses, the student will become more empowered and independent. During this phase, mentoring sessions are typically held once a week with check-ins in between for ongoing support. The mentor’s goal at this stage is to ensure the improved habits are retained for the long term and the student is able to flourish academically throughout their educational career.

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For specific support with an application to an Ivy League university, explore our Ivy League tutoring services.

Our Ivy League Mentors

Meet a selection of our mentors. All are Ivy League graduates with years of experience mentoring students. We match every student with the best-fit mentor based on their goals and interests.

Charlotte has mentored students for Dukes Plus since 2016. She studied at Harvard, having been accepted by four Ivies.

  • Charlotte McKechnie
  • Harvard University

Mariel holds an MPhil from Columbia. She has worked as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Admission at Princeton.

  • Mariel Kessel
  • Smith College, Columbia University

Jenna attended Brown for her MA. She has advised students on successful applications to MIT, Stanford, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, UPenn, and more.

  • Jenna Laycraft
  • University of Toronto, Brown University

Rebecca graduated cum laude from Yale. She is a mentor, SAT and ACT tutor, and college applications advisor.

  • Rebecca Brudner
  • Yale University

Rhianna graduated with honours from Brown. She has worked with Dukes Plus for many years as a tutor, mentor, and college applications advisor.

  • Rhianna Shaw
  • Brown University

Umut holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Art History from Harvard. He collaborates closely with Harvard College as an interviewer.

  • Umut Arslan
  • Harvard University
23% of our students receive an offer from at least one Ivy League college, vs a global average of 5%.

4.5x Your Ivy League Chances

We are proud of the improvements students make by working with us. 23% of our students get offers from at least one Ivy League school, a rate 4.5x higher than the global average.

Dukes Plus by the numbers:   

  • The average student improves their SAT score by 250+ points, and their ACT score by 7 points, after a 25-hour tuition programme.
  • 75% of our students are accepted to their first-choice US university.
  • Every year, our UK students get into 200 US universities, including all eight Ivies.
Our Results

Discover our Mentoring packages

Ideal for students who already understand their goals and seek an Ivy League mentor to maximise their performance in exams.

You’ll get:

  • A personalised, detailed Academic Plan with targeted and time-specific goals.
  • Support to build time management and goal-setting skills for improved school performance and homework completion.
  • Strategic guidance on targeted school or extracurricular project work.

Price: from £2,030

Ideal for students beginning to think about exam preparation who would benefit from regular mentoring for structure and goal-creation.

You’ll get:

  • A personalised, detailed Academic Plan with targeted and time-specific goals.
  • Support to build on their key academic, time management and goal-setting skills to ensure top-class school performance.
  • Guided revision and homework management assistance.

Price: from £3,335

Ideal for either younger students or for students who would benefit from the most comprehensive, structured programme of support.

You’ll get:

  • Assistance developing a personal academic brand catered for future US college applications
  • Support to build on their foundational as well as targeted academic skills to ensure top-class school performance
  • Comprehensive revision and homework management assistance
  • Coaching to develop first-rate communication, organisation and prioritisation skills

Price: from £6,525

Our hourly Ivy League mentoring is ideal for students looking for focused guidance on their academic portfolio, revision strategies, or specific school projects.

Even with the flexible hourly format, each student benefits from a bespoke Academic Plan, a tailored goal timeline, clearly defined targets, and ongoing support from their mentor between sessions.

Price: from £145 per hour

Testimonials

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Ivy League mentoring is 1-to-1 coaching with an Ivy League graduate to review a student’s study habits, set goals, and build skills in organisation, time management and revision. It is designed to improve academic performance and help applicants aiming for leading US universities.

All our mentors are Ivy League graduates with years of mentoring experience. Students are personally matched with the best-fit mentor based on their interests and goals after the intake consultation.

  1. Students start with an intake consultation led by Academic Director (and Harvard graduate) Charlotte McKechnie.
  2. Students are matched with the mentor who best suits their interests and goals
  3. Mentoring begins with longer and more frequent sessions to enable rapid progress
  4. As students become more independent and empowered, we move to weekly sessions with check-ins in between

We offer three packages of mentoring: Light Support (Silver, 15 hours), Medium Support (Gold, 25 hours), Premium Support (Platinum, 50 hours). We also offer mentoring by the hour if you prefer more flexibility. Each package includes a bespoke Academic Plan and targeted support; higher tiers add more comprehensive coaching (e.g., homework/revision management and skill-building).

Book a free consultation to find out more about our mentoring and arrange your first session.

Our mentoring is perfect if you’re looking for holistic coaching to improve your academic habits and performance. If there are more specific areas of your college application you would like support with, we also offer:

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Why Dukes Plus?

Dukes Plus is a provider of university application support, life-changing career and university experiences, day camps, tuition, and summer schools.

By selecting Dukes Plus as your chosen provider, you are guaranteeing that you’ll multiply your chances of application success. We have a huge network of over 2,000 vetted admissions tutors who are experts when it comes to consultancy, mock testing & interviewing, industry-leading resources, and more.

We specialise in applications to Oxbridge and top UK universities, Ivy League and top US universities, and Medicine and Law applications.

Whether you are looking to test-drive your dream career working with industry leading professionals, or wanting to study at Eton or an Oxford college for the summer, we provide innovative and life-changing experiences that will enable you to make better life choices.

We have an extensive database of tutors which can deliver personalised fully-managed tutoring services to students at any level. We provide online tutoring, SEN tutoring, tutoring for those that are gifted and talented, and tuition for those preparing for any exam from 4+, up to the 13+.

We run the UK’s number one multi-campus summer school where students can learn languages and subjects at some of the UKs top educational institutions. We also provide holiday activity camps such as Ultimate Activity, Ultimate Tech, and Ultimate Sports camps.

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