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Hippo IMP
Services

Six services. One accountable advisor.

Each service stands on its own and each is delivered by a senior advisor who owns the outcome. Take one, take all six — but never be handed to a junior halfway through.

01

Premium International Education

A shortlist you can trust, and an offer you can accept.

We begin by telling you the truth about where you stand. From there we build a ranked shortlist around entry requirements you can genuinely meet, then craft every element of the application until it is the strongest version of you on paper.

What is included

  • Academic profile audit and honest positioning
  • Ranked shortlist across reach, target and safety tiers
  • Personal statement and portfolio development, draft by draft
  • Reference coordination and deadline management
  • Interview simulation with a discipline-matched advisor
  • Scholarship and bursary positioning
  • Offer comparison, firm and insurance strategy

Ideal for

  • Students applying within the next 6–18 months
  • Families weighing UK, EU, US and Asia-Pacific routes
  • Applicants to the most competitive courses — medicine, law, architecture

When to start

Nine to eighteen months before your intended start date.

  • University shortlisting
  • Personal statement craft
  • Interview rehearsal
  • Scholarship positioning
02

Medical & Education Tourism

See the profession before you commit a decade to it.

Medicine is a long road, and the students who finish it are the ones who knew what they were choosing. We build supervised study-and-travel programmes around real clinical environments so that decision is made with evidence, not imagination.

What is included

  • Teaching hospital visits and clinical observerships
  • Specialist summer schools and short courses
  • Research institute and laboratory tours
  • Visas, flights, accommodation and ground transport
  • Chaperone and guardianship for students under 18
  • Certificates and reflective write-ups for the application file

Ideal for

  • Students deciding between medicine, dentistry and allied health
  • Applicants who need genuine clinical exposure to write about
  • Parents who want a structured, supervised summer abroad

When to start

Three to six months ahead — summer places are usually gone by February.

  • Hospital observerships
  • Clinical summer schools
  • Research institute visits
  • Full itinerary management
03

University Tourism

Walk the campus, meet the faculty, then decide.

A prospectus is marketing. A campus in February is the truth. We escort students and parents through the universities on their shortlist so the final choice is made with both feet on the ground.

What is included

  • Escorted multi-city, multi-campus itineraries
  • Faculty and admissions introductions where available
  • Open day and official campus tour registration
  • Halls and private accommodation viewings
  • City orientation — transport, safety, cost of living, community
  • A parallel programme for accompanying parents

Ideal for

  • Students holding several offers and one difficult decision
  • Families who have never visited the destination country
  • Applicants choosing between city and campus universities

When to start

Six to twelve months before applications close.

  • Escorted campus tours
  • Faculty introductions
  • Accommodation viewings
  • Parent programmes
04

Concierge Service

Everything except the studying.

The offer letter is the halfway point. Visas, guardianship, housing, banking and the first cold week in a new country are where students actually struggle — so that is where we stay closest.

What is included

  • Visa applications, enrolment documentation and appeals
  • Guardianship arrangements for students under 18
  • Airport meet-and-greet and first-week settling-in
  • Housing search, contract review and deposit checks
  • Bank account, SIM, insurance and doctor registration
  • A named advisor on call throughout the first term

Ideal for

  • First-time international students and their families
  • Students under 18 who require a legal guardian
  • Parents who cannot travel with their child at enrolment

When to start

From offer acceptance to the end of the first term.

  • Visa & documentation
  • Guardianship
  • Arrival & housing
  • Named advisor on call
05

MESS — Mock Exam Service Site

Sit it before it counts.

Entrance exams are not only knowledge tests — they are tests of composure under a clock. MESS reproduces the sitting exactly, so the real day is the second time you have done it, not the first.

What is included

  • Full-length papers under proctored exam conditions
  • Instant QR admission pass delivered by email
  • Official-style timing, materials and invigilation
  • Scaled scoring against the live marking scheme
  • A section-by-section diagnostic report
  • A review session that turns the diagnostic into a study plan

Ideal for

  • CSCA and IMAT candidates in their final preparation year
  • Students who lose marks to timing rather than knowledge
  • Anyone who wants a real score before the real exam

When to start

First sitting four to six months out, then repeat monthly.

  • Exam-condition sittings
  • Instant QR admission
  • Scaled scoring
  • Diagnostic reports
06

Elite Advisory & Aftercare

The long view on your career, not just your application.

Most families arrive with one question and stay for the next five. Reapplication after a near miss, a transfer that unlocks a better faculty, a research placement that decides a residency — this is the advisory that continues after the offer.

What is included

  • Gap-year architecture that strengthens a reapplication
  • Transfer, appeal and clearing strategy
  • Postgraduate, master’s and residency planning
  • Research placement and publication guidance
  • Professional registration and licensing pathways
  • Career mapping with a discipline-matched mentor

Ideal for

  • Students who narrowly missed an offer and intend to reapply
  • Undergraduates considering a transfer or a change of course
  • Graduates planning postgraduate study or clinical training

When to start

Ongoing — most families stay with us well past the first offer.

  • Transfer & appeal strategy
  • Postgraduate planning
  • Research placements
  • Registration pathways
The Hippo IMP method

Five stages. Zero guesswork.

A structured pathway that turns an ambition into an offer letter — with a named senior advisor accountable at every stage.

  1. 01

    Diagnostic Consultation

    We map your academic profile, ambitions, budget, and timeline — and tell you honestly where you stand.

  2. 02

    Strategy & Shortlist

    A ranked university shortlist with reach, target, and safety tiers, built around entry requirements you can actually meet.

  3. 03

    Preparation & Rehearsal

    Entrance-exam training, MESS mock sittings, personal statement craft, and interview simulation until it is second nature.

  4. 04

    Application & Offer

    We manage submissions, deadlines, references, and scholarship applications, then negotiate and compare your offers.

  5. 05

    Departure & Aftercare

    Visa, guardianship, housing, arrival care, and a named advisor on call throughout your first term abroad.

Begin

The 2027 intake is decided this year.

Start with a diagnostic consultation. We will tell you where you stand, what it will take, and whether we are the right people to get you there.

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Consultations are held online or at our study house, in English or Burmese.