Started with a vision of rating students’ profiles through data analysis, AIC’s founders pitched the business idea at the MIT Entrepreneurial Competition in 2003 under the name “Reach.” The model we developed earned significant recognition for its ability in analyzing and visualizing students’ standing for admissions, and AIC is using its upgraded version today to help our students develop the most accurate and suitable school lists.
Originally founded in New Jersey by two Columbia graduates. AIC achieved >97% acceptance rate for the Ivy League + Stanford and MIT (between 2004 to 2006: ~250 student enrollment).
From 2005 to 2006, the founder served as a column writer for Duowei News and World News Journal.
AIC received 20 million HK dollars investment from New Oriental Patron Financial Corp, an investment bank located in HK, China. Started the first China offices in Beijing, Nanjing and Shenzhen. 15 out of 25 students in Shenzhen were accepted to a top 10 university in 2006, including the city’s first Harvard from Shenzhen Foreign Language School and the first MIT from Shenzhen Experimental School.
Min Jie, an AIC student from Nanjing Foreign Language School was accepted to 14 U.S. universities with full scholarships. Ultimately choosing Yale, Min Jie went on CCTV and sparked the wave for Chinese students seeking undergraduate studies in U.S. The number of students applying to U.S. universities increased by 26% from 2007 to 2008.
Chen Zhang, the founder of AIC Education, published his first book, Your key to Harvard. The first batch of printed books sold out within just a few months. AIC initiated AIC 5E (Equality, Empowerment, Environment, Empathy, and Ethics) Summer Camp, enrolling over 50 students.
Zhu Tianshu, AIC student from Zhengzhou Foreign Language School was accepted to 19 U.S. universities with full scholarship.Ultimately choosing Yale, she holds the record for the number of universities offers a Chinese student has ever received. That same year, AIC gave our first scholarship worth 500,000 RMB to Qiu Yingxuan, another student from Zhengzhou Foreign Language School, to attend University of Chicago.
AIC students represented more than 27% of all Chinese students accepted into a top 15 U.S. university. Partnering with Inspiring Sunshine Organization, AIC built our first hope school in Tengxun, China, called AIC Inspiring Sunshine Hope School, serving more than 200 students. AIC initiated AIC Ghana Heritage Summer Camp with Heritage Academy in Ghana, enrolling more than 15 students.
AIC held the first US college fair in China in the city of Beijing, represented by students, professors and alumni from more than 50 universities and liberal arts colleges. Over 800 students attended this fair.
AIC introduced the Scholars of the Future Scholarship, serving more than 10% of the students at AIC pro bono, AIC free tuition enrollment amassed to more than 10 million RMB between 2014 to 2020.
AIC introduced the renowned Scholars of the Future admissions seminar, focusing on helping Chinese students through personalized seminars.
AIC enrolling more than 2000 students between 2016 to 2022. The materials were so popular they were often used in our competitor’s training sessions.
AIC launched the AIC Professor Program, establishing premium hands-on research programs like the Ross Biology Camp in China through partnerships with top-tier university faculty and advanced laboratories.
AIC pioneered a virtual seminar series and developed a customized activity ecosystem, which has become a signature strength of AIC.
AIC initiated the "Reject the Grind" campaign to empower students to combat overcompetitiveness and focus on holistic, purpose-driven growth.
The three current AIC partners have been working together for more than 18 years, and knowing each other for more than 22 years. No other companies in the industry can rival such expertise and history. AIC has served more than 5,000 students, resulting in over 10,000 offers from top U.S. universities, including more than 500 Ivy League offers, and over 100 successful entrepreneurs across industries ranging from technology and fashion to music and education.
AIC reinvented the Scholars of the Future Program.