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Guiding Muslim Students Through the College Application Process with Expertise & Excellence

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Hidayah Services is a Muslim college counseling service that helps families navigate and master the college application process. Unfortunately, due to inequalities in college knowledge, access, and readiness, many students are misinformed and struggle through the process.

We offer free resources like the Muslim Student Profiles project, excellent workshops, and the Omar ibn Said Fellowship to enlighten families around the college application process. We offer a “pay what you can afford” model to help maximize our impact in reaching out to as many families as possible.

With over a decade of experience working within the admissions space as both a college counselor and within the Stanford Admissions Office, we have placed students at many of the nation’s top colleges including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and Columbia.

Our Services

Omar ibn Said High School Student Fellowship​
Guides

We have written guides for different aspects of the college application process from navigating the Common App to applying to the FAFSA.

Muslim Student Profiles & College Essays
1-on-1 Student Counseling

We specialize in guiding Muslim students through the admissions process at the nation’s most selective universities.

Workshops
Resources

We have developed excellent resources for families and schools from college application checklists to essay writing timelines.

Muslim Student Profiles & College Essays
Muslim Student Profiles

We have compiled the profiles and college essays of real Muslim students who have been successful in the college application process.

Workshops
Workshops

We have delivered over 90 workshops on the college application process, financial aid, and career readiness for schools, masajid, and centers.

Omar ibn Said High School Student Fellowship​
Omar ibn Said Fellowship

We offer a competitive fellowship for high-achieving high school Muslim students to master the application process.

Our Team

Harvard Ed Magazine February 2020
Salman Khan

Founder & Director
Salman launched Hidayah Services to help Muslim students master the college application process in 2011. He has worked as a College Counselor at two high schools, an Admissions Reader at Stanford University for eight years where he read over 2,500 applications, conducted over 80 workshops on a broad range of college-related topics, and has worked with numerous schools to develop their college counseling programs. He earned a BA from Rutgers University, a College Counseling Certificate through UCLA Extension, an MA from Stanford University, and his PhD from Harvard University. Salman is also the Co-Founder of Muslim Campus Life, a registered non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for Muslim student needs on college campuses.

Our Milestones

10+

School Partners

Brighter Horizons Academy (TX), Darul Arqam School (NJ), Legacy International Online High School, The Lighthouse Schools (IA), and more.

90+

Workshops

ICNA, ISNA Education Forum, ISLA, MIST, YM National, Al-Hamra Academy (MA), College Preparatory School of America (IL), Crescent View Academy (CO), ILM Academy (GA), Institute of Knowledge (CA), Islamic School of Greater Kansas City (MO), Noor-ul-Iman (NJ), and more.

100+

Students Served

Acceptances to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, Brown, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, Cornell, New York University, Duke, UC Berkeley, University of Michigan, University of Virginia, and more.

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