Mariana Costa

ENEM Expert & University Entrance Pedagogue

Mariana Costa is a pedagogue with 15 years of experience preparing students for the ENEM and vestibular exams at cursinho pré-vestibular courses in São Paulo, including a decade at Cursinho da Poli — the preparatory programme affiliated with the Escola Politécnica da USP and one of the most competitive free-access cursinhos in the country. A graduate of the Faculdade de Educação at USP (Universidade de São Paulo) with a specialisation in Psicologia da Educação, she has helped more than 3,000 students gain entry to top Brazilian federal universities including USP, UNICAMP and UNIFESP. Her specialty subjects are tightly defined: redação ENEM coaching with a focus on the argumentative structure required for nota 1000 (perfect score), ENEM interdisciplinary matrix navigation across the four knowledge areas (Linguagens, Ciências Humanas, Ciências da Natureza, Matemática), and vestibular-specific preparation for FUVEST and UNICAMP which use different formats from ENEM. She holds her Especialização em Psicologia da Educação from USP and has consulted for three preparatory schools in Grande São Paulo on curriculum alignment with the BNCC. Mariana's pedagogical approach is built on two convictions: that most vestibular failure is a time-management and priority-allocation problem, not an intelligence problem; and that the redação ENEM separates students more than any other section — a note 1000 is learnable by any student who practises the structure consistently for 60 days. She publishes free cronograma templates and subject-priority guides that circulate in Brazilian study communities on social media, with over 180,000 downloads to date.