Recommendation for a good College Essay coach

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College counselor here. My students who are "aiming for Harvard" and actually have a chance don't need any help with their writing.

Don't be ridiculous.

Why ridiculous? It is true. My truly high achieving students are excellent writers on their own. They need very little of my guidance. This is 5% of my students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:we just used Kristina DeVesty and she was really helpful for our kid who has a hard time writing about themselves

How much does she charge?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College counselor here. My students who are "aiming for Harvard" and actually have a chance don't need any help with their writing.

Don't be ridiculous.

Why ridiculous? It is true. My truly high achieving students are excellent writers on their own. They need very little of my guidance. This is 5% of my students.

"Don't need any help" is not the same as "need very little guidance." Kids aiming for Harvard are often the most conscientious and the most likely to ask for feedback both because they are ambitious and because the competition is terrifying.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We used Richard Montauk. I wouldn't recommend him for this task.

And I would say the opposite. He helped my DC with application to undergrad, grad, and currently law school. Happy to answer any questions if I can

[Anonymous]

College Essay Advisors
My DD was deferred so wrote a LOCI with their assistance and got in to her top choice (B+ student). Win-Win

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Prompt.com
EssayEdge
AIAdmit
NextEdge

Also try:

https://www.essaymaster.com/college/application-essay-editing-services
/p/the-master-edit

How are these services?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids used, and liked, bluepencilessays and the College Essay Guy. The College Essay guy has a lot of free content - we reviewed that before signing up.

My daughter used bluepencilessays for a one-pass review of her near-final essay drafts. Very helpful!

How much was the one pass review?

[Anonymous]

My daughter did the one pass review with essaymaster and Essaysthatworked.

Both were good, but essaysthatworked gave very detailed line by line feedback and was very helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:College Essay Advisors
My DD was deferred so wrote a LOCI with their assistance and got in to her top choice (B+ student). Win-Win

We had a great experience with them too. Very helpful.

[Anonymous]

First use ChatGPT, then also write a bragsheet (with proof) and then send it to India for the essay writers to write it for you.

Around $200 starting price.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College Essay Advisors
My DD was deferred so wrote a LOCI with their assistance and got in to her top choice (B+ student). Win-Win

We had a great experience with them too. Very helpful.

will they just do a simple review?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College Essay Advisors
My DD was deferred so wrote a LOCI with their assistance and got in to her top choice (B+ student). Win-Win

We had a great experience with them too. Very helpful.

will they just do a simple review?

Yes. If you want them to just point out areas for improvement by asking questions they will do that. If you want them to make suggestions they will do that too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:College Essay Advisors
My DD was deferred so wrote a LOCI with their assistance and got in to her top choice (B+ student). Win-Win

We had a great experience with them too. Very helpful.

will they just do a simple review?

Yes. If you want them to just point out areas for improvement by asking questions they will do that. If you want them to make suggestions they will do that too

how much was it?

[Anonymous]

Used the essay tutor at Green Apple College Counseling (DC based) so our kid met in person with the counselor which really helped as he has ADHD.