MOSAIC — Build Direction Early. Arrive Ready.

Excellent students have a list. Remarkable students have a story.

Excellent students have a list. Remarkable students have a story.

Mosaic is a college preparation program for students at international schools across Asia that starts in Grade 9 and 10. Students build the original work, intellectual depth and clear direction that makes them stand out and get in.

Mosaic is a college preparation program for students at international schools across Asia that starts in Grade 9 and 10. Students build the original work, intellectual depth and clear direction that makes them stand out and get in.

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Families we’ve worked with come from across Asia’s leading international schools.

Some of the colleges our students have gone on to

The shift is undeniable.
The gap is widening.

Grade 7 and 8 were about width — variety, exploration and discovery. Grade 9 and 10 need to be about depth. Most families don’t make this shift until it’s too late.

The Activity Trap

Clubs, competitions, and credentials signal effort. But width without depth produces a list — not a story.

The Late Realisation

The problem surfaces in Grade 11 when the counselor asks “what’s your story?” Most students don’t have one

The Grade 11 Scramble

Under IB pressure, families try to package what was never built. Reach schools slip away.

What the shift looks like in practice.

What the shift looks like in practice.

Computer Science

The Traditional & Excellent

School hackathon winner

Math Olympiad team member

Peer tutor, AP Computer Science

VEX Robotics regional competitor

Summer tech camp counsellor

The Modern & Remarkable

YouTube channel on AI safety and ethics for teens

Published paper on social algorithms driving teen addiction

Interactive web tool for tracking gaming time and patterns

Organised a digital detox camp across three schools

NUS Science Research Programme

Economics

The Traditional & Excellent

MUN delegate or chair

Young Entrepreneurs Society committee member

Online store selling recycled clothing

Bloomberg Market Concepts certificate

Internship at a family friend’s firm

The Modern & Remarkable

Research paper comparing solar adoption in China versus Southeast Asia

Podcast series on the economics of clean energy in Asia

Modelled the financial case for solar adoption for the school board

Interactive AI tool calculating solar panel offsets

UChicago Energy Policy Institute — Young Innovators Summer Program

Neuroscience

The Traditional & Excellent

Brain Bee regional competition — award winner

School mental health ambassador and wellbeing representative

Wrote neuroscience column for the school newspaper

Hospital shadowing — summer experience

Lead counsellor at school summer camp

The Modern & Remarkable

Published research paper on bilingualism and mental flexibility

YouTube channel on western research bias in adolescent neuroscience

Delivered workshops for international school teachers on bilingual cognition

AI tool that analyses cultural bias in school reports for bilingual families

Johns Hopkins Summer at Hopkins — Neuroscience and Human Behavior

Introducing our Flagship Program: Portfolio Projects

An online program for Grade 9 and 10 students. Four original capstone projects, completed in weekly evening sessions with expert guidance.

Inquire

A research paper rigorous enough to publish, mentored by a professor

Inquire

A research paper rigorous enough to publish, mentored by a professor

Build

A social entrepreneurship initiative from concept to execution

Build

A social entrepreneurship initiative from concept to execution

Articulate

A public content series — YouTube videos or podcasts

Articulate

A public content series — YouTube videos or podcasts

Co-Create

An interactive experience built with AI, tested with real users

Co-Create

An interactive experience built with AI, tested with real users

The full journey — from Grade 9 to admission.

The full journey — from Grade 9 to admission.

Every program is designed to deliver the right guidance and support at the time it’s needed most.

Launching Now · Grade 9–10

Portfolio Projects

Four original capstone projects — finished, documented, and unmistakably theirs.

Starting the business
Doing deals
Starting the business
Starting the business
Launching Now · Grade 9–10

Portfolio Projects

Four original capstone projects — finished, documented, and unmistakably theirs.

Starting the business
Doing deals
Sucessfull busess team
Launching Now · Grade 9–10

Portfolio Projects

Four original capstone projects — finished, documented, and unmistakably theirs.

Starting the business
Doing deals
Sucessfull busess team

Founding families who join Portfolio Projects now lock in 20% off every program that follows.

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Designed & Delivered by One Team

The program leaders run the intake, deliver the programs, and stay with your family throughout. Get to know them as they get to know you and your teen.

David Kim
George

George

Program Director & Lead Teacher

A decade in international education and entrepreneurship across Asia. Master's in Education, Bristol. Leadership coaching certification, Brown. Works directly with students to unlock their creativity, find their edge, and build work that is genuinely theirs.

David Kim
George

George

Program Director & Lead Teacher

A decade in international education and entrepreneurship across Asia. Master's in Education, Bristol. Leadership coaching certification, Brown. Works directly with students to unlock their creativity, find their edge, and build work that is genuinely theirs.

David Kim
Teagan

Teagan

Program Coordinator & Co-Teacher

Master's in Neuroscience and Cognition, Utrecht University and University of Melbourne. She knows how teenagers build real ownership over their work and what gets in the way of it. Teagan co-teaches the program and is the primary contact for families.

David Kim
Teagan

Teagan

Program Coordinator & Co-Teacher

Master's in Neuroscience and Cognition, Utrecht University and University of Melbourne. She knows how teenagers build real ownership over their work and what gets in the way of it. Teagan co-teaches the program and is the primary contact for families.

David Kim
David Kim

Melody

Admissions Strategy & Program Design

Former Senior Strategy Counsellor at a leading admissions firm in Beijing. Master's from USC. Doctorate candidate, Northeastern. Keeps what students build connected to what the most competitive colleges are actually looking for.

David Kim
David Kim

Melody

Admissions Strategy & Program Design

Former Senior Strategy Counsellor at a leading admissions firm in Beijing. Master's from USC. Doctorate candidate, Northeastern. Keeps what students build connected to what the most competitive colleges are actually looking for.

Start building a remarkable college application today.

Start building a remarkable college application today.

The Admissions Launchpad Report is how we find each other. Free for our founding cohort across Asia.

Three expert-led sessions — one with you, one with your child, one together

A personalized written assessment covering where they stand and what to build next

20% off every Mosaic program that follows

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