BUS Alumni

Students who took the Seminar have been accepted to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, MIT, UPenn, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Emory, NYU, Harvey Mudd, USC, all the UCs, and more.

Nicholas Corona BUS Video.mov

Nicholas Corona

"Coming up with essay ideas was one of the hardest things I had to do... it was through one on one meetings with Mr. Cha that I received a lot of help."


  • Accepted to seven universities, including three UCs.

  • Enrolled at UC Irvine and received the Chancellor's Scholarship.

"Being able to have this privilege of going to college means more than many would think and I am beyond blessed that BUS was able to help me reach my goals."


  • Applied to 40 schools and was accepted to 30.

  • Enrolled at UCLA as a Mathematics Major.

Christine Venegas BUS Video.mov

Christine Venegas

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Natalie Battiest

"Prior to attending this workshop and being a first generation college student I felt that I lacked the knowledge and guidance for what it takes to write a college essay."


  • Accepted to UCLA, UC Irvine, UCSB, UC Berkeley, USC, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern.

  • Gates Scholarship, Presidents Scholarship and Norman Topping Scholarship (USC), and Regents Scholarship (Berkeley).