Subject mentorship with active top UK PhDs. Planning and interview prep with senior academics who’ve sat on admissions panels. No middlemen — you work directly with the people doing the research.
One-to-one teaching for the subjects on your application — by someone currently active in their field, not a former student teaching on the side.
From the subjects you pick at GCSE to the interview at the end — guided by a senior academic who’s read these applications from the other side of the table.
Book either, or both. Students who come for planning often add subject mentorship; those who come for mentorship tend to pick up some planning before submission. We don’t push either combination — we tell you what matches what you actually need.
Mentors are being onboarded — the directory opens shortly.
Mentors are being onboarded — the directory opens shortly.
Currently doing a PhD at a top UK university — working in the subject every day, and sat the same exams only a few years ago. Match this tier if you’re working through A-Level, IB or AP material and want a mentor close to the exam.
Finished a PhD at a top UK university and now running independent research. They teach with more context: how topics connect, where exam questions come from, what universities want. Match this tier for harder material, Olympiad prep, or stretching beyond the syllabus.
Faculty members, former admissions panellists, research group leaders. They take planning and interview cases — subject choice, academic planning, personal statement, university shortlist, interview prep. They’ve read the applications you’re about to send.
A mentor’s tier is set by academic standing — and you can confirm it, along with who they are, before you commit.
A focused block for a single exam push or a defined goal.
A term’s worth of steady work.
Sustained mentorship across the year.
Each mentor sets their own rate, by academic standing rather than session-by-session haggling — so the exact figures depend on who you work with. Longer packages carry a larger discount, and single-session booking is available too.
Each mentor sets their own rate, reflecting academic standing rather than a session-by-session negotiation. Packages bundle 10, 30 or 50 sessions at a discount that grows with size. Single-session booking is available too.
We don’t guarantee offers — no honest agency can. What we can tell you is that students who’ve worked with us have gone on to Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial. Track record is not the same as a promise.
We don’t auto-match. After you book, our admin team looks at the subjects you’ve listed, your level, and any preferences (teaching style, scheduling, language). We propose one mentor — you can accept, ask for an alternative, or trial a session before committing further.
Tell us. We’ll switch you. No penalty, no awkward conversation — we treat mentor fit as a service quality issue, not a customer problem.
Both. Online is the default — it lets you work with any mentor regardless of location. In-person is available in central London at an agreed venue, with a small location surcharge.
Often, yes. The Tier 3 and Tier 4 mentors who run our 2-day Lab Immersion or 10-day Seminar also take one-to-one mentorship. Their profile lists everything they currently offer.
Wisesprout is built by working scientists at top UK universities, across the sciences and medicine. Your mentor is a named, active academic — we tell you exactly who you’d be working with before you commit, and you can speak to them first.