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12 seats · Founding cohort · January 2027

One program. Everything included.

The 12-week program, then weekly check-ins and mocks every other week until your student lands an offer. Tuition and scholarship details are covered on the parent call.

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What tuition includes

Everything included

Founding cohort · January 2027

Limited seats. Tuition and scholarship details are covered on the parent call.

A deposit, fully refundable through December 15, 2026, holds a seat. The remaining tuition is invoiced separately and due before Week 1.

Priceless

Mangesh · Ishank's dad

What's included

  • Week 0 pre-work over winter break, starting the day you enroll
  • Weeks 1–8, core teaching: a 90-minute group session and a 60-minute 1:1 every week, and a pod of three
  • Weeks 9–12, the Offer Sprint: technical and behavioral mock interviews, networking call prep and debriefs
  • After Week 12: a 20-minute weekly check-in and a mock interview every other week until your offer or May 31, 2027, while your student keeps up 100 outreach emails and 6–8 networking calls a week
  • Progress report for parents every two weeks, and the Week 8 family meeting
  • Coached Extern externship applications, Extern fee covered
  • Offer-or-refund: hit every weekly minimum and get no offer by May 31, 2027, and we refund your full tuition
Book a parent call

Twenty minutes with Tyler and Kenji to talk through your student's situation and whether the program fits.

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Already paid the deposit? We'll send you a separate invoice for the remaining tuition, due before Week 1.

Offer-or-refund

Do the work and we stand behind it. If your student hits every weekly minimum through May 31, 2027 and doesn't receive an internship offer, paid or unpaid, we refund your full tuition.

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Not ready? The Playbook, every template, parent info sessions, and student workshops are free.

The First Offer Scholarship

One full-tuition seat. Apply by Nov 30.

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How this compares

What you getFirst Offer AcademyOn your ownAI toolsCampus career center
1:1 resume and pitch feedbackYesNoPartialPartial
Live mock interviews with feedbackYesNoPartialPartial
Weekly accountability podYesNoNoNo
Outreach system and templatesYesNoPartialPartial
Coached by someone who just went through recruitingYesNoNoNo
Offer-or-refundYesNoNoNo

  • 1:1 resume and pitch feedback

    First Offer Academy
    Yes
    On your own
    No
    AI tools
    Partial
    Campus career center
    Partial

  • Live mock interviews with feedback

    First Offer Academy
    Yes
    On your own
    No
    AI tools
    Partial
    Campus career center
    Partial

  • Weekly accountability pod

    First Offer Academy
    Yes
    On your own
    No
    AI tools
    No
    Campus career center
    No

  • Outreach system and templates

    First Offer Academy
    Yes
    On your own
    No
    AI tools
    Partial
    Campus career center
    Partial

  • Coached by someone who just went through recruiting

    First Offer Academy
    Yes
    On your own
    No
    AI tools
    No
    Campus career center
    No

  • Offer-or-refund

    First Offer Academy
    Yes
    On your own
    No
    AI tools
    No
    Campus career center
    No
  • On free mentoring
    “It isn't their main job. It's a secondary thing, and they do it when they have time. So there may not be the concentrated focus that you're going to have.”
    Tom · Kim's dad

It was worth it.

Parents and students, in their own words.

Parents

  • Was it worth it?

    Steve · James's dad

  • Was it worth it?

    Greg · Maddie's dad

Students

  • Was it worth it?

    Ishank

  • Was it worth it?

    Kim

  • Was it worth it?

    Maddie

  • Was it worth it?

    Nathaniel

FAQ

Questions parents ask

What if my student doesn't land an offer?

Check-ins and mocks continue through May 31, 2027. If they've met every weekly minimum and still have no offer, you get a full tuition refund. Terms: Any internship offer, paid or unpaid, counts, including one that's declined. Minimums must be met and logged every week (one makeup week allowed). Dropping, pausing, or missing minimums past the makeup week ends eligibility. Refund requests are due by June 15, 2027 and paid within 30 days.

Do you place students?

No. We coach students through every application, including Extern externships, and cover the Extern fee. The offer is earned by the student.

My student is a freshman. Isn't this too early?

No. Many internship timelines start sophomore year. Freshman year is when a student builds the resume, the contacts, and the interview stories that get them there.

  • For finance, accounting, and a growing share of tech and marketing roles, the students who land internships in sophomore and junior summer usually started building toward them in freshman year. Many find out how early it starts only after the first deadlines have passed.
  • The most structured recruiting help on many campuses sits inside selective clubs. Students who don't get in are left to figure it out alone, at the same time as everyone else who didn't get in.
  • Online advice is generic by design. It can't look at your student's resume, read their emails before they go out, or tell them what to fix after a mock interview. Feedback on real work, every week, is what changes the result of a search.
What does my student commit to each week?

The weekly session is 90 minutes and the 1:1 is 60 minutes. Outreach on top of that: 3–5 hours a week, rising as outreach ramps up.

  • Weeks 1–4: 25 outreach emails and 2 networking calls per week, follow-ups on schedule, every session and 1:1 attended, assignments in by Sunday 11:59 pm, scheduled mocks completed.
  • Weeks 5–8: 50 outreach emails and 3 networking calls per week, follow-ups on schedule, every session and 1:1 attended, assignments in by Sunday 11:59 pm, scheduled mocks completed.
  • Weeks 9–12: 75 outreach emails and 4–5 networking calls per week, follow-ups on schedule, weekly mock completed, applications logged.
  • After Week 12: 100 outreach emails, follow-ups on schedule, 6–8 networking calls, a mock interview every other week, applications logged.
  • One makeup week allowed.
  • Show up: Attend the weekly session and the 1:1, and check in with the pod every Sunday.
  • Two missed weeks in a row triggers a call: If a student misses their minimums two weeks in a row, we set up a call with the student and a parent to reset the plan together.
Is the deposit refundable?

Your deposit is fully refundable through December 15, 2026. After that, it applies to tuition, and the remaining tuition is invoiced separately and due before Week 1. Withdraw before Week 3 for a prorated refund of unused weeks. No refunds after Week 3. If we cancel the cohort, every payment is refunded in full.

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