College App Essay Coaching
Easing the burden of college prep. Creating more peace between parents and students during this exciting, tender, and emotionally charged transition period.
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One on One Writing Support for Common App Essays and Supplemental Essays
Although I offer as much or as little pre-writing, feedback, and revision work as needed. I highly recommend that students begin with the two-day workshop - either privately or on one of my scheduled group webinars - in order to bring the best, most authentic selves to their essays. I do not steer the topic choice or the student's natural writing voice unless there is a compelling need to do so. I encourage what works well in my students' writing while helping them strive to tell their stories and share their experiences, interests, skills and personality in the most effective and engaging way possible. While perfection is never the goal, I want them to feel good about their work and have the best chance of being accepted into their college of choice.
Decision-Making Support
If a student comes to me without a clear idea of where they want to go to college, I can help them create a college list based on financial needs, geographical and size preferences, academic and career leanings, and social-emotional needs. Additionally, I find that some students make important discoveries about themselves and what they want through the process of my pre-writing exercises, such as the values activity, and throughout the process of completing their essays, both the personal statement and any supplemental essays required.
Service Costs:
-Hourly One-one-one Rate: $50/hour
-Minimum Starting Fee.
$250
- Package Info Upon Request
-Two-Day Workshop:
$80 per student
Two-Day (Two Hours Each Day) College App Personal Statement Workshop (Virtual Only)
The goal is to help students understand the task in front of them, come up with a topic or two, explore the topic/s, and learn more about some specific tips and examples to help with the writing process. Each day, I will end with an extensive Q&A, and additionally, students will be invited to write questions in the chat during the webinar. Your student will be ready and confident to begin their essay by the end of the two days.
After students complete the two-day workshop, they can follow up with me to work one-on-one on shaping, editing, refining, and tackling the supplemental essay.​
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Organizational Support, Communication, and Meetings
My services are tailor-made to suit the needs of individual students, but I typically create a Google spreadsheet to manage deadlines and individual documents for each task, from research notes about individual colleges to brainstorming to completed drafts. I include parents in as much of the email and Google Doc communication as requested. During the height of the application season, one meeting a week is typical, working towards agreed-upon deadlines in between.
