Fatima Faisal
Book a free call with FatimaFatima’s intro
I study Integrative Biology and Political Science at Berkeley, but for most of high school I was set on pre-med. Then I joined competitive speech and debate junior year, placed 11th at nationals, and somewhere in that process fell in love with advocacy hard enough that I changed direction entirely.
That experience is why I don't treat the application like a résumé with an essay attached. A parent can list what their student has done, but the file that moves a reader is the one where the activities, the essay, and the supplements all feel like they came from the same person, and that coherence is taught. I work it from the activity list through the supplements: what makes this set of experiences yours, and how does a stranger learn that from your file.
I've worked with over 200 students through Audacity Academy, a nonprofit I helped build, and as a tutor and debate captain, so I've seen what it looks like when a freshman has four years to shape a file and when a senior is thinking they're already too late. You're not. You don't need to be valedictorian to stand out. You need to know how to tell your story, and I'd love to help you find it. If you're interested, book me for free and I'll give you your child's read.
Common questions
Before you book
What does this cost?
We are flexible, and there is a plan here that fits your family. You hear your number on the first call, before anything is agreed. What changes between plans is the kind of experience in the room: a current undergraduate at a school your student is applying to, someone who interviewed applicants for a university as an alumni volunteer, or a former admissions officer who read files and sat in committee. Every one of them is somebody we would put in front of our own family.
Do we need to know what we want before the call?
No, and most families book before they have decided anything. That is the useful time to talk. An hour, no charge, and you will come off the call knowing what we can do for your student.
How many students does one counselor take?
Few enough that the person you meet is the person who reads the drafts. Every counselor sets their own cap and prints it on their page, so you know exactly how much of their year you are getting. If your first choice is full we will introduce you to someone on the roster who suits your student just as well.
Our student is already a senior. Is it too late?
It is not too late. Several counselors here run compressed engagements and take seniors into the autumn, and there is usually more still open in a file than a family expects. Tell us where your student is on the call and we will tell you what we can do with it.
Book a call
How the call is booked.
Fatima reads your student’s file and builds the plan. The call is an hour-long video call and costs nothing.
Book a free call with FatimaFatima reads what you tell us about your student before the call, so it starts there rather than at the beginning.
If something changes
The agreement is held by The Scholar’s Bureau rather than by Fatima personally. If Fatima cannot finish the cycle we move your student to another counselor on this roster at the price you were already quoted, and everything written down so far moves with them.
The Scholar’s Bureau is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by UC Berkeley or any other institution named on this page. Fatima Faisal is an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, speaking only as an individual, with no role in its admissions office and no influence over any admissions decision.