Digital Coaching Offerings
The Essay Compass
Activity List Toolkit
What College Admissions Readers Want to Read
A self-serve PDF guide for students writing college personal statements.
Perfect for students who want to build a compelling and competitive narrative selective colleges notice. Includes the "What This Is Actually About" reframe exercise, the Now Lens test for present-thinking, a decision framework for choosing between ideas, and a before/after transformation for every major concept. Works for students who haven't started, students choosing between topics, and students with a draft that isn't landing. Designed for completion in one sitting. No access to a coach required.
Most college essays describe the kid. Mine show how the kid thinks.
Transform extracurriculars into a powerful data story. Show the difference between listing what you did and demonstrating how you think. This toolkit gives parents and students the exact formulas to use for activity descriptions that pop. Includes before/after examples, tonal variants, and a framework for turning 150 characters into something a reader remembers. Works whether you're building a list from scratch or revising one you already have. No access to a coach required.
Maximize Your 150-Character Impact
For students applying to selective colleges who want to understand the logic behind strong essays, not just follow instructions.
Covers what admissions readers are actually evaluating, why most essays miss it, how to find the occasion that makes your thinking visible, and how to write an opening that earns attention. Includes analysis of why the famous Costco essay went viral, the hook checklist, the decision framework for choosing between ideas, and a breakdown of every major supplemental category with repurposing strategy. More examples, more scaffolding, and a warmer hand. No access to a coach required.
Feedback Coaching
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Services
Opens June 15
Essay Feedback
$325
A one-time written diagnostic for a college personal statement or single school supplemental set.
Student submits essay 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 short synthesis letter identifying the single most important revision move. 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.Â
"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
Recent Student Admits Include:
Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, MIT, Dartmouth, UPenn, Cornell, Duke, Swarthmore, Tuft.
NYU, Hamilton, Carleton, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Smith, UCs, UCONN, URI, UMASS.
Activity List 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.Â
Summer Program Essay Review
Available
Dec to late March
Asynchronous, written feedback.
One submission. One written response.
No meetings. No retainer.
Four slots per month. Closes when full.
$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.