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Focused Advisory

Help,
à la carte

Precision engagements for students who know what they need, or want to find out.

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Not every student needs the whole pathway

  • Sometimes it's the essay.
  • Sometimes the shortlist.
  • Sometimes one conversation.

Focused Advisory is for those students. You buy the specific piece of expert judgement you came for, and you skip everything you didn't.

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The Offerings

Six precision engagements

Pay for the help you actually need. Each engagement is a fixed deliverable with a fixed price — no minimums, no contracts, no upsell pressure.

Profile Evaluation
Next Steps for A.K.

The diagnostic conversation that sets the rest in motion

A 90-minute 1:1 with a senior consultant, followed by a written next-steps plan within 48 hours. You leave knowing where you stand, what to focus on, the competitiveness range to aim at, and a clear path for both a reach school and a target school. Credited in full toward any package you book within 6 months.

Book the conversation →Save $199 with the Strategy Bundle
What it looks like

The work, in numbers and in their own words

1:1
Every engagement
48 hrs
Written next-steps plan
500+
European universities researched
2 rounds
Of edits on every essay
Long Essay Coaching

“I'd already paid another service that turned out to be AI dressed up as a real person. Equedu was different — we sat down, found my story, wrote it together. The essay sounded like me, not like a chatbot pretending to be me.”

Faatima
Charles University · Psychology · 2029
Mock Interview

“They worked on more than the answers — body language, delivery, how to actually have the conversation. By interview day I knew the kinds of questions they were going to ask before they asked.”

Pavle
École Polytechnique · 2026
Mock Interview & CV Review

“They sat with me on the CV and the interview prep — same person both times. By the third practice round I knew what Zijin was going to ask me before they did.”

Dino
Zijin · job offer

Our Mission

equity
in
education

If our pricing is out of reach, ask us

Send us your story — we read every application. Quality guidance shouldn’t depend on what your family earns. If your academic profile fits our programs and your family can document financial need, we offer reduced pricing on a case-by-case basis.

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When to use Focused Advisory

Three ways to work with Equedu

Equedu runs three services. Focused Advisory is the most precise of the three — the right entry point when the full programme isn't the answer.

Admissions Consulting

From $4,499

Who it's for
Students 1–3 years from application. Families committed to the full pathway.
What you get
Strategy + execution end-to-end: profile building, shortlisting, essays, applications, interviews. A consultant alongside you for the whole arc.
When to choose it
You want the most thorough preparation possible and you have the runway to do it well.
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Quad Studio

From $799

Who it's for
Students preparing for the SAT or ACT — at any score, in any country.
What you get
12 months of platform access (15 SAT and 10 ACT full-length tests, 1,800+ practice questions, score analytics) plus specialist 1:1 tutoring in Math and English.
When to choose it
Test prep is the bottleneck, and you want structure, materials, and expert tutoring in one place.
Visit Quad

Focused Advisory

From $149

Who it's for
Students who need help with one specific part of the process — or aren't sure they need anything yet.
What you get
Single-engagement advisory on essays, interviews, CV, shortlist, or a full profile evaluation. Fixed scope, fixed price, fast turnaround.
When to choose it
You don't need the full program — you need expert judgement on the specific thing that's blocking you.

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FAQ

The questions we usually answer on the call

  • Profile Evaluation is a conversation — 90 minutes with a senior consultant plus a written next-steps plan within 48 hours. Shortlist Report is a research deliverable — a PDF with 10 European programmes deep-researched against your profile. Different jobs: use the conversation to find your direction; use the report to find the specific programmes. Many clients book both.

  • The Profile Evaluation, essay coaching, mock interviews, and CV review work for applications anywhere — US, UK, Canada, Australia, Asia. The Shortlist Report's dataset is European-focused (500+ European universities and thousands of programmes), so it's strongest for European applications.

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You know what you need. Or you will, by Friday

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Pay only for the help you need · Credit toward fuller packages · 48-hour written turnaround