ABOUT US

We are an independent educational consultancy that assists students based in Pakistan, the Middle East, Europe and Asia research, select, and gain admission to colleges and graduate schools in North America and the United Kingdom. We help students identify, articulate and achieve their academic and personal goals, whilst helping them navigate every step of the admissions process.  

What Makes Us Different?

Our approach is different.  We put strong emphasis on the college application essay writing process and prefer to start working with our students from the brainstorming phase, teaching our students how to write compelling essays using our proprietary "Essay Slaying" methodologies. Also, we ensure that all of our students' applications are crafted in way that shows tremendous academic depth and focus.  On account of this, the vast majority of our of student's regularly gain admission to "great match" universities at the very top end of their range.

Though we are rapidly expanding and constantly adding services, our results-driven approach and commitment to our clients remains unchanged.  Our approach is personal and we never delegate our core duties to junior counsellors or other personnel- our Founder and CEO directly works with each of our students to ensure they attain the best results possible. 

Our Founder and Chief Executive Officer:

Our Founder and Director of North American Advising, Zil Malik, is a double Harvard Graduate (B.A., 2000; Juris Doctor, 2003), a certified US admissions counselor (Rice, 2013), and a published authority in the field of US higher education.  She is a featured writer on colleges and graduate schools for The International New York Times and has been a Harvard alumni interviewer for over a decade. She grew up in the Middle East and the UK, where she completed the IB diploma and was the top ranked student of her high school class. For college, she was admitted to Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University, Princeton University, Northwestern University and Tufts University.  She also received offers to read law at a number of UK universities, including Oxford University, LSE, and Kings College London. She chose to attend Harvard, where she received the Detur Prize, the Elizabeth Cary-Agassiz Scholarship, and the John Harvard Scholarship multiple times.  At Harvard, she served as a Writing Tutor at the Barker Center for Humanities and was granted advanced standing, thereby completing her undergraduate degree a year early.  She graduated from Harvard College in the top 2% of her class.  She was then admitted directly to Harvard Law School and went on to have a distinguished legal career, working at top-tier international law firms in the US, UK and Pakistan. Three years ago, Ms. Malik left her legal career to pursue a profession in US higher education advising and has not turned back since.  She loves working with young adults and is fixated with the craft of effective essay writing.   Zil is a photography enthusiast and enjoys running, biking, and playing tennis.  She is also a huge New England Patriots fan.

Our Karachi Office Head:

Our Karachi Office Head, Daniya Sardar, holds an Msc. from Imperial College London and a Bsc. from The University of Warwick.  She is an accomplished writer, with featured articles appearing in The International New York Times and The Express Tribune. Daniya’s vocational background is in entrepreneurship and management.  She was Head Girl of Bay View Academy and has been a competitive, national-level swimmer who trained with the Pakistani Womens Swimming Team. She has extensive experience working with early-stage start up companies. Additionally, she is particularly well versed in the Oxbridge and Russell Group university admissions process. She oversees UK University Advising, Foundation Program Advising, and Graduate Degree Counseling.  In her free time Daniya enjoys theatre, painting, and travelling. She is also a fitness enthusiast who loves kickboxing, running and swimming.

Our Office Manager:

Amirah Muneer has a background in education and has been working as an early childhood teacher for the past 8 years.  She has worked in many well known institutions such as British Overseas, Bay view Academy and R.E.A.Dyslexia. She received her training from the London School of Montessori and has also completed a diploma that enables her to teach students with specific learning disabilities and dyslexia. She is passionate about working with children of all ages. She’s firmly believes that every child has the right to a  quality, learner-centered education that ensures optimal outcomes with regards to educational attainment and university admissions.  In her free time, Amirah enjoys reading, running, classical dancing and Yoga.  In addition,  she does a lot of voluntary work for the Children's Cancer Hospital and many other charitable organisations.

Our EDvisory Board:

Zehra Rizvi-Sayed (BA, UC-Berkeley).  Ms. Rizvi-Sayed is a private banker based out of San Diego. She brings a wealth of knowledge on California university admissions to The Edvisory’s students, with a focus on the University of California system and the Claremont Consortium.  Given her background in finance, Ms. Rizvi-Sayed also offers invaluable insight into pre-business bachelors degree programs in the United States.

Khurram Malik (MBA, University of Toronto; BA, Boston University).  Mr. Malik is a Toronto-based investment professional who heads the Research Division of Jacob Securities, an independent investment bank.  Prior to this, Mr. Malik worked for more than seven years as a research analyst at Morgan Stanley in New York.  Having interviewed hundreds of candidates for investment banking positions, Mr. Malik is an authority on top North American and European business school programs.  He also serves as a mentor/advisor for business school students and frequently gives lectures on curriculum selection and navigating the job market.  In addition, having lived and studied in Canada for nearly a decade, he possesses significant knowledge on Canadian graduate institutions.