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Temet nosce.

temet nosceLatin“know thyself”

Two Latin words under our crest, after the Greek maxim inscribed at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Everything we do begins with them.

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Our story

Built on one simple observation.

The applicants admissions readers remember are not the ones with the most polished files. They are the ones with the most interesting lives, and the discipline to show them.

Students ask us one question again and again: how do I craft a compelling narrative? We have one answer: “Become an interesting and a genuinely passionate person in whatever you’re doing. The rest comes along.”

So we work from the inside out. First the student: what they care about, how they think, what they would do if no one were counting. Then the evidence: real work inside global firms valued at $70 billion or more, a personal website, essays in their own words, and mentors who went first. Only then the application.

The SAT taught us the same lesson in numbers. Our SAT track has run since December 2022: 46 students, a median score of 1450, and every score on an official College Board report. A score, like a march, is built from small steps, counted honestly.

Today ScoreMarch has two houses under one crest. ScoreMarch Group advises on admissions and education; ScoreMarch Academy prepares students for the SAT. We are based in Samarkand, and we work with students wherever they are.

Why “ScoreMarch”?

A score is the number on a report. It is also a tally kept honestly: the four strokes and a slash on our crest. A march is steady, disciplined progress, made of small steps. And March is the month most regular-decision letters arrive. Know thyself, keep score, march, and you will be ready when they do.

Know thyself. Keep score. March.

The record so far

I Houses

2

houses under one crest

II Admissions

25+

universities our students go to, in 7 countries

III Mentors

13

countries in our mentor network

IV Academy

46

SAT students since Dec 2022

n = 46

V Median

1450

median SAT score, from official reports

n = 46

SAT: total scores (400–1600) from official College Board reports. SAT® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, this website.

The crest

Four quarters. One student.

Every part of our crest stands for something we ask of our students. Choose a part to read it.

Use Tab to move between the six parts, and Enter to read one.

  1. לְמַד · lemad · “learn”

    The book. Learning and teaching share one root.

    The open book carries one Early Aramaic word, lemad: the command “learn.” Its root, L-M-D, also gives lamad (to learn), limed (to teach), talmid (student), and melamed (teacher). In one root, learning and teaching are the same act.

    Words from the Early Aramaic root L-M-D
    Early Aramaicלָמַדלִמֵּדתַּלְמִידמְלַמֵּד
    TransliterationTranslit.lamadlimedtalmidmelamed
    Meaningto learnto teachstudentteacher

  2. Potential

    The acorn. Great oaks from little acorns grow.

    Every student arrives with more than anyone can yet see, sometimes including the student. We start by looking for it.

  3. Growth, fulfilled

    The oak leaf. What the acorn becomes.

    Strength and endurance, given time and patient work. Oaks grow slowly, and they last.

  4. The count

    The tally. Four strokes and a slash make five.

    The tally keeps score: of practice tests, of drafts, of days. A march is made of small steps, counted honestly.

  5. Discipline, with one soft corner

    The shield. Three square corners. One rounded.

    The square corners stand for discipline: the work, done properly. The rounded one stands for patience with the person doing it. The whole is drawn in black and white, the way we report results: plainly.

  6. Temet nosce

    The motto. Know thyself.

    Latin for “know thyself,” after the Greek maxim inscribed at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. It comes before everything else, so it sits beneath everything else.

Read the diagonals. The black quarters hold the work: the book and the tally. The white quarters hold the growth: the acorn and the oak. One diagonal is effort; the other is what effort becomes.

Principles

Real scores. Real work. Your words.

Six principles we hold ourselves to, written down so you can hold us to them.

  1. Know thyself first.

    Strategy starts with who you are, not with a ranking.

  2. Earn every score.

    Real preparation, official tests, official reports. No shortcuts.

  3. Your words, always.

    No ghostwriting: we never write essays for students. We ask, challenge, and refine, and the words stay yours.

  4. Evidence over adjectives.

    Real projects with real deliverables. No invented activities, no inflated titles.

  5. Say it plainly.

    We never promise admission; no one honestly can. If we can’t help, we say so. In the Academy, if we can’t see the way to your target, we take no money.

  6. Small by design.

    We take a small number of students each season, so every student works with the people doing the work.

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The team

The people doing the work.

A small team, by design. You work directly with the people below.

  • Founder & SAT instructor

    Abdulaziz A.

    1580SAT superscore

    Leads ScoreMarch Group and ScoreMarch Academy, and holds both houses to the same six principles. Teaches every Academy lesson personally, from the interview to test day, with no assistants and no intermediaries. Our SAT track since December 2022: 46 students, median 1450.

    Built ScoreMarch around one idea: know thyself first. Sends books home with strategies to try, and keeps solving test questions with students after the exam.

    Explore the Academy SAT results

  • Admissions strategy

    ScoreMarch Group

    Builds each student’s strategy: the university list, the calendar, and the plan for every essay and activity. Your main point of contact from the first meeting to decision day.

    Advises on admissions in the USA, South Korea, Italy, Israel, China, Qatar, and the UAE.

    Explore admissions

  • Mentor network

    ScoreMarch Group

    Matches each student with mentors, alumni, and current students of leading universities in thirteen countries, and makes every introduction count.

    Connects students with mentors in thirteen countries, from the USA and Canada to Malaysia and Australia.

    The mentor network

Studied at a leading university and want to mentor the next class? Write to us at abdulaziz@nycmail.com.

Mentors

A network across thirteen countries.

Mentors, alumni, and current students of leading universities in the USA, Canada, Italy, Poland, Egypt, Qatar, the UAE, India, Malaysia, China, South Korea, Australia, and Uzbekistan.

They made the choices you are about to make, recently enough to remember how they felt. We match each student by field and by target country.

Plate II · From Samarkand · 13 countries

Fig. 2 Points mark the thirteen countries of our mentor network, with Samarkand marked as home.

  • USA

    The essays, the interviews, and the first semester, from people who went through them.

    Universities: leading universities in the USA

  • Canada

    Applications, campus life, and the first winter, from people who studied in Canada.

    Universities: leading universities in Canada

  • Italy

    Degrees in English and in Italian, and life in Italy, explained firsthand.

    Universities: leading universities in Italy

  • Poland

    Studying in Poland, in English or in Polish, from people who have done it.

    Universities: leading universities in Poland

  • Egypt

    Egypt’s universities and student life, from people who studied there.

    Universities: leading universities in Egypt

  • Qatar

    Studying in Qatar, explained by current students and alumni.

    Universities: leading universities in Qatar

  • UAE

    Campuses in the Emirates, from people who chose them.

    Universities: leading universities in the UAE

  • India

    India’s universities, from people who know them from the inside.

    Universities: leading universities in India

  • Malaysia

    Life and study in Malaysia, from people who went first.

    Universities: leading universities in Malaysia

  • China

    Programs, scholarships, and the language, from people who chose China.

    Universities: leading universities in China

  • South Korea

    Document-led admissions and life in Korea, from people who know them firsthand.

    Universities: leading universities in South Korea

  • Australia

    Australian universities and life in Australia, from people who made the move.

    Universities: leading universities in Australia

  • Uzbekistan

    Leading universities at home, in Samarkand and Tashkent.

    Universities: leading universities in Samarkand and Tashkent

Want to know who? Ask us in consultation.

How mentorship works
Where we are

Samarkand. Wherever you are.

One home city in Uzbekistan, and online sessions for students anywhere in the world.

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Sessions run on Uzbekistan time, UTC+5 all year, and the booking page shows every slot in your own time zone too.

Now in Samarkand:

Wherever you are, worldwide.

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