Everything we get asked.

It depends on where you're applying. IELTS is the safest bet for UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. TOEFL iBT is preferred by US universities. PTE has the fastest results (5 days) and is fully AI-scored. Duolingo English Test is the cheapest (₹4,200) and shortest (1 hour) but accepted by ~5,000 programs rather than every university. Use our score-compare tool to see your score across all five.

Within ±0.5 bands of an examiner score in 89% of our internal benchmarks, measured against 4,200 graded IELTS samples. For your peace of mind every practice can be escalated to examiner review (+3 credits) — a real Cambridge-CELTA examiner re-grades within 24 hours.

Yes. The Speaking module records your answer, transcribes it, and scores you on Fluency, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Pronunciation. You get a written breakdown plus a colour-coded transcript showing the exact words that lost you marks. No human in the loop unless you escalate.

Median: 60–80 over a 6-week prep cycle. That's roughly 12 to 16 full mock tests plus targeted practice on your weakest module. The Crack the Test plan (100 credits) covers this range with room for retakes.

Both. Each module has a short library of strategy videos and worked examples — usually 6 to 10 hours per exam. Most students alternate: a strategy lesson, then 2-3 practice attempts under timed conditions.

It's approximate. The five exams test slightly different skills, so a perfect 1:1 mapping doesn't exist. Our conversion is built from the official concordance tables published by ETS, Cambridge and Pearson, plus our own student outcome data. Always cross-check the minimum a target university actually publishes before applying.

From three inputs: your real test score, your budget (tuition + living for 1–2 years), and your post-study work-visa goals. We don't sort by rankings — we sort by likelihood of admit and likelihood of a useful work visa at the end. The Full Journey plan includes shortlists for up to 8 universities.

No. We edit your SOP, sometimes through multiple drafts, but we don't write it from scratch. Admissions offices have gotten very good at spotting ghost-written essays — and they're the wrong incentive anyway. Our alumni reviewers (recent grads from the universities you're applying to) tell you what's working and what isn't, in writing.

We have direct admissions contacts at ~80 universities and shortlisting access to 800+. Direct contacts mean faster turnaround on application-status questions, not preferential admits — your file still goes through the same committee as everyone else's.

Yes, with caveats. PhD admissions are advisor-driven, not committee-driven, so we focus on advisor-fit research, cold-email coaching, and statement of research framing. Most of our PhD students hit 2–3 funded offers from a 5-school shortlist.

96% across all countries when we file the paperwork ourselves. The 4% that get rejected are typically borderline financial profiles where we flagged the risk in writing during onboarding — the student chose to proceed anyway. Visa-only plan includes one free re-file if the rejection was on grounds we missed.

Student visas: USA (F-1), UK (Tier 4), Canada (study permit), Australia (subclass 500), Germany, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Singapore. Work visas: UK Skilled Worker, Canada PGWP support, Germany Blue Card. For everywhere else we'll be honest if we don't have the depth.

2 to 8 weeks from I-20 receipt to visa stamp. Two weeks if the student profile is clean and a Mumbai/Delhi appointment is available; 8 weeks if there's a 221(g) administrative processing flag. We don't promise specific timelines — we promise that paperwork won't be the bottleneck.

We pre-fill the DS-160 with you on a screen-share call so you can verify every line, book your biometric appointment for you, and remind you of the SEVIS fee deadline. The student must attend the visa interview themselves — we send a 60-minute prep call the day before.

Three streams. (1) Direct plan fees from students. (2) Referral fees from a small set of universities we list, disclosed on your shortlist. (3) A small percentage from education-loan providers when you use a referral. Counsellor time is paid out of (1). Your shortlist is never sorted by (2).

Not directly. For larger plans we partner with education loan providers (Avanse, HDFC Credila, Auxilo) who can structure our fee plus your tuition into a single student loan. Counsellor walks you through the trade-offs on the first call.

If we miss what we promised in writing, you get a refund. If you change your mind, you get back what we haven't spent on your behalf. Read the full policy for plan-specific numbers.

No. Test booking fees, university application fees, visa application fees, courier and translation fees are passed through at cost with the invoice attached. We never mark these up. Forex transfers via BookMyForex carry their own fee, paid to BookMyForex, not us.

iOS 15+ and Android 9+. No web version. We tested on devices going back to a 2018 OnePlus 6 and an iPhone SE 2nd gen — everything still runs.

You can take a practice offline if you've pre-downloaded the question set. Scoring requires network — there is no offline grader.

Settings → Account → Delete account. We confirm by email and complete the deletion within 7 days. Billing records are retained for 8 years per Indian tax law; everything else is wiped. See the privacy policy for the full retention schedule.

Right now it's a one-person operation, run out of Chandigarh. I handle counselling, edits and visa paperwork myself, and bring in a small network of trusted partners (examiners, immigration lawyers, alumni reviewers) when something needs a second pair of expert hands. More on the about page.

That's the plan. The honest answer: we'll exist as long as the unit economics work — student fees minus refunds minus infrastructure. We don't raise venture capital, so we're not on a growth-at-all-costs treadmill. If we ever shut down we'll refund all unconsumed credits in writing, 90 days in advance.

Probably — see the careers page. Solo right now, but the first hire is on the horizon.