College Essay Coaching (Zoom)

It is a rare college application essay that manages to speak to its readers with conviction, truth, and a unique voice. I should know: I have taught in colleges for the last thirty years and am currently a professor at an Honors College in the Midwest, where I collaborate closely with our own admissions committee. Most essays, even from the strongest students, sound very much the same and use the same narrative and rhetorical techniques. They usually neither help nor hurt the students' applications. But when something special comes across our desks, we take notice!

I will work one-on-one with your student in order to craft essays that do more than simply answer the prompts or check boxes, essays that will stand far apart from the pack. The goal is for these pieces to be unmistakable reflections of the student's personality, unique gifts, and orientation toward the world. I will not be otherwise involved in the college application process, and I am not merely a copyeditor (though I can certainly copyedit where relevant and necessary): my function is to figure out how to present your student on the page in a compelling and authentic manner.

I'd like to meet you and your student at a free introductory meeting. If we decide that we work well together -- and it's always the student's call -- my services are $150/hour, payable by PayPal. All meetings take place over Zoom.