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Whetstone Admissions · June 14, 2026 · New York City

An Evening on College Admissions

An evening with three people who have spent their careers inside elite admissions. Real answers about how the process works, and what to actually do about it.

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Date Sunday, June 14, 2026
Time 4:00 PM
Location The Royalton Hotel · 44 W 44th St, New York, NY
Admission By Application · 50 Guests

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Cole, Stephanie, and Ren have spent their careers inside college admissions, at Harvard, Oxford, and Princeton. For one evening, they're sitting down with a small group of families to talk plainly about how the process really works, where students gain a genuine edge, and how to guide your child through it with a lot less guesswork.

What we'll cover

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What admissions committees actually weigh, and what they quietly ignore

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How to shape a student's profile on purpose, ideally before junior year

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Which activities show real depth, and which ones colleges see straight through

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How good mentorship turns a student's story into essays that get read

How the evening runs

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A focused talk on what elite admissions really rewards, and where good guidance changes the outcome.

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Open questions to Cole, Stephanie, and Ren. Come with your actual situation and you'll get a straight answer.

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An optional dinner at the Harvard Club afterward, for families who want to keep talking. By invitation.

Your Hosts

Meet the Team

Harvard, Oxford, and Princeton, with a decade of results behind them.

Cole Whetstone

Cole Whetstone

Harvard AB · Oxford MSc

Cole studied at Harvard and went on to Oxford on a full scholarship in Ancient Philosophy. Over more than a decade, he has guided students into Princeton, Columbia, and every Ivy. Most recently he mentored a student to an early acceptance at Harvard.

Stephanie Whetstone

Stephanie Whetstone

Duke BA · UNC MFA · Asst. Director, Princeton

Stephanie spent ten years teaching and coaching writing at Princeton. Her students have gone on to win Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships and to earn places at Harvard, Columbia, Oxford, and Stanford.

Ren Yu

Ren Yu

Co-Founder, Whetstone Admissions

Ren finished high school at sixteen and studied humanities on scholarship at Brandeis, then NYU. He co-founded the New York Philosophical Society, a nonprofit now 8,500 members strong, and leads long-cycle admissions strategy at Whetstone.

Open Q&A

There's dedicated time to ask Cole, Stephanie, and Ren anything, whether it's about your own child's situation, the process in general, or whatever else is on your mind.