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Essay coaching

Helping you tell the story that your transcript can't.

Grades, scores, and activities only say so much. The essays are where a reader finally hears from you: what you've lived through, what you care about, and why you are the way you are.

Colleges care about that story because they're putting together a class of very different people, with different interests, goals, and ways of thinking. Admissions readers at selective colleges often get only a few minutes with each file, so you don't have long to show them who you are.

That's where we come in. We work on the Common App personal statement and on supplements, from "why us" essays to community and identity essays to the 50-word short answers that are much harder than they look.

What you get each round

Your essay with our comments in the margins, plus a separate feedback document that walks through what's working, what isn't, and what to try next.

Students tend to keep these and come back to them for later essays. That's part of why we write them out in full.

We won't write any of it for you. Here's exactly where the line is.

Instant pricing

Get your price in under a minute

Tell the calculator how many essays you're working on, roughly how long they are, and how far along you are. You'll see a price right away, with no waiting and no call. We confirm it within a day and pair you with an editor.

Your essays

Add each one you want help with. The price updates as you go.

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    Where it stands

Your estimate

1 essay
Personal statement
$425

500–650 words, working from a draft

Estimated total$425

Half to book ($212.50), and the rest ($212.50) when we hand back the final round.

Email us this estimate

The email opens with your estimate in it. No payment yet. Someone on our team checks it within 24 hours, then sends a link for the deposit.

Start wherever you are.

We work in rounds, going back and forth on each essay until it's ready to send.

Stage 1: No idea what to write about

We start with a long conversation about what you care about and why you are the way you are. Then we narrow it to a topic that's specific and actually yours, and help you build the essay from the ground up.

Stage 2: A draft that isn't working

Usually the problem is structure, not sentences. We'll help you find what's missing and rework the essay from the inside out.

Stage 3: Nearly finished

We go through it line by line: word choice, rhythm, the sentence that almost works. Small fixes, carefully made.

72-hour standard turnaround

Every document comes back within 72 hours of us receiving it. Rush turnaround is 48 hours and adds 20%. As college students, we're mostly awake at 1am in October regardless.

50% to book, 50% on delivery

Half the price reserves your editor. The rest is due when we hand back the final round.

A person confirms every price

Someone on our team reads your request within a day, before anything is booked, to make sure you're paying for what you need and nothing extra.

Not sure what stage your essay is in?

Start with the free 20-minute call. Tell us where it stands and we'll tell you honestly what it needs.

Email us to book your free callSee pricing