Request a call
Send the transcript. We will tell you what is there.
Thirty minutes with Vansh, who leads the work, after you have seen our fee for your child's grade. Send the transcript and activity list beforehand and the call starts from the student's record. No obligation, and we will say if you do not need a counsellor at all.
Request a call
Two minutes. You will see our fee for your child's grade and destinations before you book, so the thirty minutes are spent on the student, not on the price.
Or write to admin@projectling.in. Families in the UAE, Singapore and elsewhere: sessions run on your time zone.
What to send
- Latest transcript or report cards, Grade 9 onwards
- A list of activities, with years and hours per week
- Any test scores so far: SAT, ACT, PSAT, school predicted grades
- Countries and courses being considered, even loosely
- One line on what worries you most
Documents are used only to write the review and are deleted on request. Nothing about the student is ever published. Our privacy stance.
What happens next
Four steps, about a week
- 01
You request the call and send the documents
Through the form above, then the transcript and activity list by email to admin@projectling.in. - 02
Vansh reads them first
Academics against the target tier and the activities for depth and cohesion, so the call starts from the record rather than from introductions. - 03
The call
Thirty minutes with Vansh, online or in person in Delhi or Mumbai. Questions in both directions. We say plainly whether the target list is realistic. - 04
A written plan, if it makes sense
Scope, the total fee, cadence and a start date, within a day. If we are not the right fit, we say so and suggest what is.
The call itself
Thirty minutes, spent like this
- First 5 minutes
What the transcript and activity list show, in plain language: the strengths, the gaps, and which of them still matter at this grade.
- Next 15
The honest read on the target list. Which universities are realistic for this profile, which are not, and what would have to change for them to be. This is the part most families say they have never been given straight.
- Next 5
What the next twelve months would have to contain. Competitions, research, tests, and the order they go in.
- Last 5
Whether we are the right firm for it, what it would cost, and what to do instead if we are not.
When to book
What the call is worth, by grade
Grade 9 and 10
The best time, and the least common. Everything that decides a selective application can still be built rather than described. Book now and the next two years have a plan.
Grade 11
The busiest moment to start, and still early enough. One strong pillar can be built, tests planned properly, and the list made from a diagnosis rather than a hope.
Grade 12, first half
Application year work: essays, the list, the calendar, the supplements. The profile is what it is, and the job is to argue it as well as it can be argued.
Grade 12, second half
Late, not too late. We onboard families in November, December and January of Grade 12. The work becomes the essays, the regular-round list, and the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australian deadlines that are still open, and we say plainly what can and cannot change in the time left.
Do not book if
Three reasons to save your time
You want a guarantee
Nobody can sell one. We can raise the odds and make the application argue properly. We cannot make a decision for an admissions office.
You want someone to write the essay
We will not. Not a sentence, not the activity descriptions, not the research paper. What editing does and does not mean is set out in full. If authorship is what you are buying, we are the wrong firm and the call will be short.
Price is the only question
Free means an agent paid a commission by the universities it places you at. Our fees run from ₹50,000 for Australia to ₹5,00,000 for a Grade 12 year of US applications. If that settles it, read what counselling actually costs in India rather than booking.
Questions
Before you send anything
Is this a sales call?
It is a working call that may end in a proposal. You have already seen the fee, so the thirty minutes go on the student. If it makes sense, a written plan and fee prospectus follow within a day; if it does not, we say so and suggest what would help instead. The most common outcome of a first call is not an engagement: it is a family deciding they can run the next six months themselves, which we will tell you if we think it is true.
Who is on the call?
Vansh Gupta, who leads every engagement: the diagnosis, the pillars, the college list and the essay strategy. Competitions, research and projects are then mentored by the Projectling team that has done this work since 2021. There is no sales associate between you and the person leading the work.
What if we do not have all the documents?
Send what exists. A transcript and a rough activity list are enough for a useful call. Predicted grades, test scores and a shortlist help, but their absence is itself information: a Grade 11 student with no scores and no list is a different conversation from one with both.
What do we receive after the call?
If the work makes sense, a written plan and fee prospectus within a day: what we would do this year, in what order, and what it costs in total, including anything that would be paid to others such as test tutors. If it does not, a short note saying why and what to do instead.
What happens to the documents we send?
They are used to prepare for the call and the plan, and nothing else. They are never published, never shown to another family, and deleted on request. No student is named or pictured anywhere on this site, which is a policy we explain in full rather than just assert.
We are outside India. Does that change anything?
No. Sessions run over video on your time zone, and we work with Indian families in the UAE, Singapore and elsewhere. Invoicing is in USD or AED where that is easier. The one thing that changes is the deadline arithmetic, because school calendars differ.
What does it cost if we do engage?
It depends on the destinations. The US is ₹2,00,000 a year in Grade 10, ₹3,00,000 in Grade 11 and ₹5,00,000 in Grade 12. The UK is ₹2,50,000, Singapore and Hong Kong ₹2,00,000 each and Australia ₹50,000, once. Each destination after the main one is 25% off, and each fee is paid in two halves. Single pieces of work start at ₹25,000. The fees are fixed and published, so the review changes the plan, not the price.
The first conversation is with the person who would do the work.
The fee first, then thirty minutes with Vansh. It ends with an honest answer either way.