A College Essay Coach? What’s the Advantage?

Vintage College Essay Coach

I’m a seasoned college essay coach who works with students around the world applying to top colleges. My job? Help you navigate the college admissions maze.

The process has a zillion moving parts. A zillion things that could go wrong.

I offer dozens of practical posts on most aspects of the process — and lots of phone time. Discover how to approach the Common App essay prompts (here, here, and here). The Princeton supplements. How to make sure you don’t get your Harvard acceptance revoked.  To learn about merit aid and affording the insane cost of college, click here. And if you’re deferred in Early Decision, click here.

  • Do you have an idea for your Common App essay but don’t know how to start it?

  • Do you have a draft and need a pair of eyes to review it? It is appropriate for who you are and where you’re applying?

  • Alternatively, you don’t have a clue where to begin. I can help.

  • I’ve been a regular Huff Po College Page Blogger. I’m bestselling author, journalist, public lecturer, one-on-one coach – consultant – tutor – editor – mentor. 

  • I work with students from New Delhi to New Jersey, from Kenya to Key West.

  • My students apply Early Decision, Early Action, Restricted Early Action, Regular Decision, and I work with college students who want to transfer elsewhere.  

  • I offer Application Review and College Selection guidance.

  • Experience with ADD/ADHD families

  • Read dozens of testimonials from students and their parents here.

  • I have a sliding scale for low-income students, and I do pro-bono work with low-income students in NYC public schools.

  • The students I work with gain admission to many of their top choice colleges, even as acceptance rates plunge.

For a List of College Acceptances, click here.

To learn about all that has changed in college admissions since COVID and test-optional policies, please read this!

In case you can’t tell already, I love to write and to help students with their college applications essays and applications. If you’re interested, I can help with college selection. To learn more about my values — and my sense of humor — please click here.

Call or email to learn more about working with a college essay coach.

1-855-99-ESSAY or Liz@DontSweatTheEssay.com