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MAPS 4 College is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to preparing today’s youth to become tomorrow’s leaders through education, character, and job skills development. We focus on guiding students to obtain a four-year college degree, grow as leaders, and gain a sense of purpose and hope for their futures.
College Access and Success
Expert guidance on succeeding through the application process
Leadership Development
Find confidence, purpose, and voice in the college process
Whole Person Approach
Gain socioemotional resilience to overcome any obstacle
Our Offerings
The Ultimate Guide to the UC Application
Everything you need to know to write a WINNING UC APPLICATION
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College App Package
We have sent students to more than 100 colleges and universities. Get the best help!
Guaranteed Approach to Success from High School to Adulthood
Start early and prepare for college and LIFE! We have a 10+ year success in helping people become successful from start to finish. We have proof!
Hourly Calls
$297/hour
Get your questions answered
Expert answers
Tailored Responses
College App Program
$397/month
Minimum 1 year commitment ($4,764)
All Benefits from Weekly calls
Choose between Common App or UC app
Up to 2 Application
College Apps & Coaching
$799/month
Minimum 1 year commitment ($9,588)
Everything from Weekly Calls and College App Program
Up to 12 college apps
UC, CSU, & Common Apps
All Essays
The Guaranteed Program
$997/month
Minimum 1 year commitment (11,964)
All Benefits from Weekly Calls, College App Program, and College Apps & Coaching
Secrets to ensure you are successful during and after college
The 10+ year secrets to successful personal life
Mapping Strategies
We have successfully helped thousands of people map out their lives for school, college, and life! It takes strategy to discover your purpose and life it out!
Our IMPACT
At the core of MAPS is an integrative and holistic human development framework called
Project SPICES, pioneered by Dr. Sarai Koo.
MAPS delivers whole-person preparation for college, career, and life success.
Our research-backed comprehensive College Preparatory Leadership Mentoring Program includes:
College admissions guidance
Job skills training
Leadership training
Socioemotional learning
Healthy relationship workshops
and more
Executive Team
Dr. Sarai Koo, PhD
FOUNDER AND CEO
For more than 20 years, Dr. Koo has helped organizations and corporations to transform their workplace cultures. She has been trained with Harvard and the UCs to read applications and essays.
She has helped thousands of students succeed in school, college, and life. She is the creator the guaranteed path to success and the Project SPICES Transformational Model™, a process-¬oriented, decision-¬making approach to transforming their lives inside out. She is a published author of Seoul Food, speaker, coach, and servant-leader.
Helen Chiu, EdM
COLLEGE COUNSELING DIRECTOR
Helen joined MAPS 4 College as a high school sophomore in 2010. She studied sociology at the University of Chicago and earned an EdM from Harvard.
Her professional expertise include counseling diverse students through the college admissions practice and founding her own educational counseling company.
Yoseline Camarena
COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS DIRECTOR
Yoseline joined MAPS 4 College as a high school Junior in 2015. She studied sociology at the University of California, Riverside and received a bachelor’s degree.
Her professional expertise includes adaptive behavioral adaptive services. She now leads MAPS as its Community Relations Director.
We are MAPS
Who we serve & Our Impact
We serve youth and young adults seeking to transform their lives, communities, and the world at large through a higher education.
100,000+ unique viewers reached through our educational content.
14,000 students served through workshops, college fairs, teen summits, summer camps, and presentations.
100+ students who received comprehensive, yearlong college admissions guidance 5 peer-reviewed research articles published on effective college access programming
100% of students who were in CPLMP graduated high school and matriculated to college.
A 10 year follow-up study found of the students we located, 100% graduated with a college degree. At least 15% earned graduate degrees from schools such as Harvard, UCLA, and USC.
Read our research documenting our impact.
Our History
MAPS 4 College was founded in 2006 by Dr. Sarai Koo and incorporated as a 501c(3) nonprofit in 2008. Its inaugural Board of Directors was chaired by Dr. George Taylor, a leader in higher education and student affairs who dedicated countless hours to building MAPS. During these first years, Dr. Koo developed the College Preparatory Leadership Mentoring Program-which featured a peer-to-peer college preparation model, community engagement projects, and holistic youth development training in the realms of leadership, socioemotional intelligence, and more.
Strategic Priority
In 2024, MAPS 4 College is taking a greater digital and global focus. In just six months, our educational content reached over 100,000 students worldwide and garnered 1.2 million total views.
We provide:
Free digital roadmaps and educational content for navigating the college application process
Online college counseling programs at a sliding scale
Remote internship programs to build job skills and boost students’ admissions profile
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