Nobody wants to read an essay; everybody wants to read a story.This is a tested and true concept, and lies at the core of my approach to college advising. I am happy to help you build your lists, look through scholarships, and every other aspect of college advising—but the core of what I do is that I make sure your essay is something the college admissions officials won't be able to put down. When that reader goes before the admissions committee and argues your case, I want them to care. I want them to be invested. Frankly, they have to be. When an application is being considered, three things can happen. First and most rarely, a student with an exceptional application may get passed directly to the admission director—in which case that essay will still need to be emotionally compelling. Second and most commonly, those who clearly don't make the cut will be rejected by the first essay reader. But most students will fall in between, and the reader who likes your application will have to argue your case in front of the admissions committee. I want you to be the student that reader truly wants to admit. The one they fight for. The one they care about.In our sessions, my approach depends on what you want and where you are at in your applications. In broad strokes, if you are at the start of things, then I will begin by discussing your entire application. We'll go over grades, extracurriculars, test-scores. We'll build a list of reach, target, and safety schools, and I'll build a schedule to get everything done by the desired deadlines (be that ED, EA, or regular decision). We'll begin brainstorming for the common app, and set aside stories that are likely to come up in supplementals. Together we'll map out a story, and you will then go write it out. Afterward, I will edit it, leaving comments to explain every suggested change. We'll repeat this process until we have something that you are truly proud of. I'm also available to help with scholarship applications.Please see my packages below for more details. If no packages are visible, it is because I am fully booked.