Anonymous wrote:College Essay Guy

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Anonymous wrote:College Essay Guy

Nope. Used him and he was awful.

💯 agree

Never paid for him but think the free info is pretty useful.

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Anonymous wrote:College Essay Guy

Nope. Used him and he was awful.

💯 agree

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Anonymous wrote:I found a great person on Wyzant…

We've used Wyzant for a variety of subjects. We tried a few different tutors for writing and had a good experience. We're also very hands on and DC was enrolled in the school of mom for a few months.

Same. Went with an expensive package company for our first and it was a waste. For our second, started with family editing and feedback. Found a great person on Wyzant for an outside opinion and second set of eyes. Just a few hourly sessions and improved the essays quite a bit.

Me. My kid got in everywhere.

Anonymous wrote:The one who charges the most. You get what you pay for.

Nope. We paid close to 18k. Was not good except essays were completed ahead of time. Kid rejected from REA school. No interview. Listened to me just before submitting RD apps and changed essays. In at two of HYPMS.

Anonymous wrote:College Essay Guy

Nope. Used him and he was awful.

Lots of suggestions here for the person looking.

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, Mattie!

"Early on, I found myself weirded out by how much I enjoyed spending time with my students. I care about every one of them and want them to win in life. Fighting that will seems impossible, so I figured I may as well steer into the skid."

I know...he is an awful writer. More examples:

"That does not mean I ever base an essay around it." - typo, should be NEVER.

Next sentence: "Instead, it tends to come briefly early on in a piece, which further directs the “real” story." typo, should be, "...it tends to come UP briefly..."

Those came from this page: https://www.collegewithmattie.com/do-not-write-about-mental-health-or-any-of-the-other-following-topics-in-your-college-application/

Then there's this 62-word sentence on this page: https://www.collegewithmattie.com/about/

"What makes me different is that I can write and edit at a professional level, I handle every aspect of the work and demand a high barrier of quality for everything I submit, I think differently and will give you advice no one else will, and I love what I do and enjoy every second I get to spend with kick-ass teenagers."

No one and I mean no one is paying this man thousands of dollars to help with college essays. Since someone in his corner posted his name to drum up business for him, I strongly suggest HE hires an essay coach to revise all of his online content. If he needs a recommendation, let us know.

Yikes, Mattie!

"Early on, I found myself weirded out by how much I enjoyed spending time with my students. I care about every one of them and want them to win in life. Fighting that will seems impossible, so I figured I may as well steer into the skid."

You don't need the BEST coach. You need a trusted friend or teacher to read it over and make sure there are no major problems. There's no way this should cost thousands of dollars.

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Anonymous wrote:this guy: https://www.collegewithmattie.com/

Please don’t advertise for Mattie. “This guy” is a terrible writer.

1. These two essentially identical sentences next to each other: “A lot of students run track and want to write about their experiences. That’s great except that a lot of other students also run track and have similar things to say.” https://www.collegewithmattie.com/how-to-create-easy-original-college-application-essay-topics-introducing-half-ideas/

2. “In the week between meetings, you write the essay. You write it.” https://www.collegewithmattie.com/how-i-work/

3. Long single sentence: “ What makes me different is that I can write and edit at a professional level, I handle every aspect of the work and demand a high barrier of quality for everything I submit, I think differently and will give you advice no one else will, and I love what I do and enjoy every second I get to spend with kick-ass teenagers.” https://www.collegewithmattie.com/about/

Tons of examples…and he’s $400/hour for a single session or $16000 for 9 essays.

No one is legitimately recommending this guy, except this guy or his friends/family.

He’s sooo bad on Reddit.

Just saw. My guess is he has zero legit kids as clients.

These essays are not that hard. Just let your kid write it and be themselves. Let them learn how - - there are a tone of sources on line. Stop the arms race!

Cheating.