College Application Essay and Editing Services

  Coaching assistance with your personal essay, from an initial brainstorming session through the final polishing phase, with ample stress-reducing advice on drafting, shaping and revising. Learn how to use your personal essay to express who you really are in a way that will bring the facts and figures of your application to life.

  Coaching assistance on how to think strategically about crafting supplemental essays for individual colleges that will enhance and complement your personal essay. Coaching at an hourly rate on additional essays that will be submitted with the personal essay, including long supplements (500 words and up) and short supplements (450 words or fewer).

  Experienced coaching on scholarship applications including National Merit, Presidential Scholars, and a variety of other merit-based award applications requiring essays. Quotes are available upon request and depend on essay length and deadlines.

  Quotes are available upon request and depend on essay length and deadlines.

I offer interview practice for students that includes thoughtful insights on how to improve in-person responses to create your best first impression. Using frequently asked admissions questions--and insights from students who have been through the process recently--we will practice school-specific interviews before discussing feedback to use going forward. 

Practice interviews help students feel more comfortable with the real event, and can positively influence conversations with admissions.

A former speech coach at Falmouth High School, I am also happy to assist students writing and practicing speeches for various forums.

  For procrastinating perfectionists and students who thrive in group writing environments, this workshop invites students to transfer their good ideas into actual first drafts. [Inquire about dates and locations.]

Experience working with International, Multicultural and Nontraditional applicants.

I’ve worked with students who live around the corner, around New England, and around the country. Though I enjoy working with writers in person whenever possible, I have also worked successfully with students using Skype, phone conferences, and the Internet.