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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.