Turkey’s largest LGS project
Let’s Achieve Together!
The mission of the project is to provide 8th grade students from all over Turkey with:
2 of our students also got a perfect score.
LGS 2026, 146 of our students
Total book support
Our publisher sponsors provide books and study resources for the project. Thanks to this support, we help our students get access to the resources they need. We thank every publisher who has contributed.
See our sponsorsTo bring one-to-one mentoring, free resources, question solving and much more to LGS students all over Turkey on a volunteer basis. To make sure every student, whatever city they live in and whatever resources they have, can follow a high-quality, well-planned and closely supported LGS preparation, and to accompany them as they reach their full potential on this journey.
We imagine a Turkey where every student preparing for the LGS has a friend by their side, ready to share what they have learned. By growing this network of solidarity, built on equal opportunity and volunteering, every year, we aim to become Turkey’s most comprehensive and most trusted LGS mentoring program, and to help our young volunteers grow into people who add value to society.
Quality preparation should not depend on the city a student lives in or on what their family can afford. That is why our program is completely free.
Everyone who works on LGS Arkadaşım is a volunteer. Nobody earns money from this work; our only goal is to support our students.
Our mentors went down this road only a few years ago and know the excitement and stress of the exam well. We speak the same language as our students and move forward side by side.
Weekly exams, learning-outcome analyses and homework keep every student’s work on track, so that no student is left alone on the way.
LGS Arkadaşım is a mentoring and support program, run entirely by volunteers, that prepares 8th grade students for the LGS over a full school year. We match every student with a mentor from one of Turkey’s leading high schools and, through weekly exams, learning-outcome analyses, homework and question-solving classes, make the work regular and measurable. We do not let go of our students after the exam either: we stay by their side during the high school selection period. Throughout the year we also organize seminars on student psychology. LGS Arkadaşım is not a private tutoring or cram-course program: our focus is one-to-one mentoring, free resources and question solving.
Each student has their own mentor. Mentors contact their students on a regular basis, answer their questions and give advice on how to organise their study.
Every week there is an exam taken from various publishers. This way students get to know different question styles and get used to the pace of the exam and to managing their time.
Our online system prepares a learning-outcome analysis for every exam. It shows clearly which topics a student is strong in and which ones need more support.
Mentors look at the analyses and give their students questions and homework on the topics they are missing. The work is shaped around each student’s needs.
A class is opened on WhatsApp for each subject, where our mentors help students by solving the questions they had a hard time with.
The LGS is a long and tiring journey. Mentors keep in touch with their students every week, giving them morale on hard days and motivation on good ones.
Throughout the school year we organize seminars on student psychology. We care about supporting students emotionally as well, on the long and tiring road to the LGS.
After the exam, mentors stay with their students during the high school selection period and guide them on which school to choose.
Thanks to the book support from our publisher sponsors, we help our students get access to study resources.
LGS Arkadaşım is designed for 8th grade students who are preparing for the LGS and are looking for support to prepare well.
Student applications are taken every year in September; the dates and the application link are announced on our Instagram account. See our schedule page for the current calendar.
Our program is for 8th graders who will take the LGS that year.
Students at state schools can apply, as can students at private schools who are there on a full scholarship.
Classes and exams are held online, so it does not matter which city you live in; we accept students from all over Turkey.
Neither our students nor their families are asked for any fee.
Our mentors are students chosen through interviews from the most outstanding high schools in Turkey. Volunteers from the following schools are part of our team:
Every year, students from the major high schools in Istanbul can apply to be mentors. Candidates are chosen through interviews; our aim is to build a team of successful volunteers who can set time aside for their students and keep them motivated.
Our students join from all over Turkey, from state schools and from private schools where they study on a full scholarship. Because classes and exams are held online, there are no geographical limits.
Everyone who works on LGS Arkadaşım is a volunteer. Our mentors are students chosen through interviews from the most outstanding high schools in Turkey. We do not charge our students or their families anything; the program runs on the work of volunteers and the support of our sponsors.
So far we have received a total of 4 million TL worth of book support. We sincerely thank Eksen Publishing Group, Paraf Publishing Group, Hız Publications and every publisher that has stood by us in previous years.
From mentor applications to exam day, the program moves forward step by step.
July 2026
Mentor applications open at the leading high schools in Istanbul for the program. Candidates are selected through interviews.
20 September – 1 October 2026
Applications open for LGS students all over Turkey. The application link is announced on our Instagram account.
Late October 2026
Mentor-Student Matching. Once applications close, every student is matched with their own mentor and the program officially begins at the end of October.
October 2026 – June 2027
Throughout the school year, until the exam, the cycle below repeats every week.
June 2027
Mentors also help their students during the high school selection period after the exam.
The mentor will communicate with their student every week.
The mentor will give their student homework by looking at the learning-outcome analyses of the weekly online exams, prepared on our online system.
The mentor will give their student morale and motivation.
You can get support in all the classes included in the High School Entrance Exam.
Here are the questions people ask us most about the program. If you cannot find what you are looking for, write to us.
LGS Arkadaşım (My LGS Friend) is an LGS mentoring program founded in 2021 and run entirely on a volunteer basis. It offers 8th grade students all over Turkey one-to-one mentoring, weekly exams, learning-outcome analyses, question-solving classes and support during the high school selection period. It also organizes seminars on student psychology throughout the year.
No. Because the program is run entirely by volunteers, we do not ask our students or their families for any fee.
No. LGS Arkadaşım does not provide private tutoring or a course. What we offer is one-to-one mentoring, free resources and question solving: every student has their own mentor, who guides them using the weekly exam analyses and helps by solving the questions the student cannot.
8th grade students who will take the LGS that year can apply. Applicants must be studying at a state school or at a private school on a full scholarship.
Student applications are taken every year in September. In 2026-2027 they were open from 20 September to 1 October 2026. We announce the next round on our Instagram account. The program officially starts at the end of October.
If you have any questions, you can fill out the message form.
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