Essay Review
$325 Personal Statement or Supplemental Set (Coming soon!)
A one-time written diagnostic for a college personal statement or single school supplemental set.
Student submits drafts of personal statement or supplemental set, activity list,
and resume, and a completed intake Google form. I read for what's working, what's missing, and what the essay is actually about versus what the student thinks it's about.
They receive written margin comments and a synthesis letter identifying the most important revision moves. Most students discover they've been writing about the wrong thing. The triage names that problem specifically and tells them exactly what to do about it.
One submission. One written response. No meetings, no follow-up obligation, no ongoing coaching relationship. Slots limited to four per month.
Done for You Services
Recent Student Admits Include:
Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, MIT, Dartmouth,
UPenn, Stanford, Cornell, Duke, Brown, Swarthmore, Tufts, Georgetown, Emory, Tulane, Wake Forest, U Michigan.
NYU, Fordham, Hamilton, Carleton, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Smith, UCs, UCONN, URI, UMASS, Penn State, Washington U, William & Mary, University of FL, Notre Dame, Indiana U.
Most students approach the college essay as a story to tell.
Admissions readers are looking for something different: evidence of how a student thinks.
"I was so fortunate to have Kristie guide both of my daughters as they worked to create narratives that got noticed... It was such a proud moment when their essays received compliments during college interviews."
Verna, parent
Supplemental Set
Activity List Quick Polish or
Re-Vision
$225 up to 5 activities · $325 for full list of 10; both include Honors/Awards
A complete rewrite of your student's Common App activity descriptions, delivered in writing with tonal options so they can choose the version.
Most activity descriptions read like job listings. Admissions readers are looking for a student's cognitive style, their relationship to their work, the way they operate when something matters to them.
This service does the translation from what your student did to what it reveals about who they are.
Student submits their activity list through a Google intake form, along with responses to a few questions about their thinking and direction.
No parent commentary is reviewed. The form is completed by the student.
Revised descriptions are returned directly to them, with two to three tonal variants per activity and a brief note explaining when to use each.
One turnaround. No meetings. No back and forth.
Asynchronous, written feedback.
One submission. One written response.
No meetings. No retainer.
Four slots per month. Closes when full.
Summer Program Essay Review
Available
Dec to late March
$300 for short response set · $375 for longer personal statement inclusion·
Seasonal: late December through March
Written feedback for students applying to selective summer academic and STEM-focused programs — RSI, SIMR, RMP, PROMYS, Ross, Simons, YYGS, STaRS, and similar.
These programs are evaluating something most strong students don't naturally write: evidence of how they think, not what they've accomplished. STEM students in particular tend to default to résumé logic, listing what they did rather than showing how their mind moves. This service identifies exactly where that's happening and how to fix it.
Your student submits their essays and a completed intake form. I return written feedback covering what each prompt is actually asking, where résumé logic is taking over, and how to foreground curiosity, thinking style, and intellectual impact instead.
One submission. One written response. No meetings, no calls, no revisions included.
Slots are limited to four per month. When they fill, booking closes.