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A firm built from the room, not the brochure.

Lovare Academy is the college admissions division of Lovare Institut. Small by design, research-driven, and led by people who have read, written, and won these files.

Ali Unar, Founder and Principal of Lovare Academy, at the United States Supreme Court in Washington, DC — **Ali Unar**Founder & Principal · Washington, DC
A Georgetown JD and MSFS candidate, founder of FAST, the Foundation for American Security and Technology, and Podcast Director at the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. Seven years of results, including a 75% Georgetown admit rate. He reads every file himself.

Brian H. PottsCo-Founder & Head of Career Strategy

A UC Berkeley Law graduate and author of two books on hiring and career strategy, founder of the Legal Mentor Network, and a partner at Husch Blackwell. He leads career strategy across Lovare, so the plan reaches past the acceptance letter.

Two founders. Every family works directly with both, never handed to a junior associate.

The founder

For seven years, families from London to Geneva to Washington have trusted me with the decision that shapes everything after it.

My students have come from Eton and Institut Le Rosey, from Phillips Andover and Georgetown Preparatory School, and from the strongest public and independent schools across the DMV. What they share is not an address. It is parents who expect judgment, discretion, and results, and who can tell a mentor from a consultant.

I read every file myself. As a Georgetown JD and MSFS candidate, founder of FAST, the Foundation for American Security and Technology, and Podcast Director at the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, I sit close to how these institutions actually think. That is the vantage point I bring to your child’s application.

The strongest applications are not written in senior fall. They are built, over four years of deliberate choices that admissions officers read as evidence. My work is to make those choices early, and to tell you the truth about where your child stands, even when it is not what you hoped to hear.

Ali Unar

Founder & Principal · Lovare Academy

In the field

What we ask of students, we have done ourselves.

Ali Unar at Snack N’ Give Back, a student philanthropy initiative — **Snack N’ Give Back**The student philanthropy project Ali built and ran as an undergraduate. Exactly the kind of sustained, multi-year commitment selective colleges look for, and the reason we start families in ninth grade.

Ali Unar interviewing Justin Fanelli, Chief Technology Officer of the United States Navy — **Justin Fanelli**Interviewing the Chief Technology Officer of the United States Navy for the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.

Ali Unar interviewing Chargé d’Affaires Sade Bimantara of the Embassy of Indonesia — **Sade Bimantara**Interviewing the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Indonesia in Washington, on Indonesia and United States relations.

What we believe

Three commitments, on every file.

A four-year plan, not a scramble

A written roadmap, reviewed quarterly, in place of senior-year panic.

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A clear story, not a checklist

A coherent arc beats a long list. Two threads, developed into a story only your child can tell.

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Judgment you can verify

We run on data and reader-side experience, and we say the true thing even when it stings.

Georgetown JD & MSFS candidateIRB research with Georgetown PsychologySeven years · 580+ top-school offers

Begin

The record is being written either way. Write it on purpose.

A thirty-minute private consultation. We will give you an honest read on where your child stands, what the next eighteen months should hold, and whether we are the right fit.

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