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14 Best College Essay Services for 2024 (40 Services Reviewed)
Research conducted by Emily Kierkegaard , PhD, and expert-reviewed by Kevin Wong, PrepMaven Co-founder
Not sure which college application essay coaching and editing service is the best? We compared the top 40 services, created in-depth reviews for 14 of them, and narrowed it down to the 4 best that will help guide you through the process of writing amazing college application essays.
What is the Best College Essay Service?
- PrepMaven – best college application essay service overall
- College Essay Mentor – best for individual consultants
- The College Essay Guy – best for unlimited essay assistance
- College Vine – best of the big platforms
The best of the rest:
Individual essay consultants:
- College Essay Editor – small editing team
- Allison Karpf – former English teacher helping students
- Your College Vision – former journalist with more affordable rates
- The College Guru – good on paper but unresponsive
- Sofia Zapiola – budget-friendly application assistance
Mid-size teams:
- Lotus Learning – focus on health sciences
Large platforms:
- Study Point – larger platform with mystery editors
- Ivy Select – larger platform with mystery editors
- Empowerly – larger platform with mystery editors
- BeMo – expensive and aggressive with wrong expertise
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#1 – prepmaven.
Our Verdict — Best College Essay Assistance Overall Price: $79–349/hour (minimum $510 package) PrepMaven’s one-on-one college essay assistance is the best option overall. Founded by brothers and Princeton grads Greg and Kevin, almost all of PrepMaven’s essay coaches have Ivy-League experience, primarily from Princeton and Harvard. All essay coaches also undergo a thorough training program in PrepMaven’s methods, developed by professional writers with deep understanding of the college admissions process, for helping students to discover the most compelling stories for their essays. Unlike other services, PrepMaven offers college essay assistance at several different price points. At the most accessible rate, students can work with current Ivy-League undergraduates who specialize in writing and have recently aced the college application process. At higher rates, students can work with coaches who are both Ivy-League grads and professional writers (screenwriters, journalists, editors) with many years of experience helping students to craft compelling essays. Interested students can even work directly with founders Greg and Kevin, who have over 15 years of experience helping students through the entire essay-writing process. PrepMaven’s services combine many of the best features of other good options into one, and it’s hard to beat their experience.
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At a glance:
- Cost: $79–349/hour (minimum $510 package)
- Writing coach qualifications: Princeton graduates and professional writers (or current Princeton students); all trained
What we like:
- Ivy League experience —most of their writing coaches are Princeton grads or current students, with some from Harvard and other Ivies
- Different pricing options to meet different families’ circumstances
- More flexible and greater capacity to take on new students compared to individual consultants
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#2 – College Essay Mentor
Our Verdict — Best of the Individual Consultants Price: unknown but high Some college essay consulting services consist of just one expert. Of these individual essay consultants, Chris Hunt at College Essay Mentor is our favorite. He combines writing experience as a journalist for the Economist and the Wall Street Journal with personal experience as a graduate of Dartmouth. However, he only works with a small number of students each year, and students need to apply to work with him — he only accepts students with top grades and test scores who are already strong applicants for top schools. Chris offers the option for one-time written feedback, but this only gives big-picture generalizations. (And written-only feedback is always limited.) In order for help with the essay process, students need to purchase a complete essay package.
Students with top grades and test scores who want to work with a one-person business, who have a sizable budget, and who are ready to get started early.
- Cost: $210 for a one-time written essay feedback (big picture only), then $110 per draft feedback; pricing for essay process packages unknown
- Essay coach qualifications: professional journalist, Dartmouth grad
- Professional writing experience as a journalist
- Extensive experience working with college applicants
- Partners with Debra Felix, former Director of Admissions at Columbia, for full application review
What we don’t like:
- One-on-one work is limited to very high-achieving students, who need to apply with a resume : “I limit my one-on-one work to students who I believe will be strong applicants to elite universities. As a rule, this means having high grades in challenging classes, a test score of ACT 34+ or SAT 1500+, and substantial activities outside of the classroom.”
- Works with a limited number of students (60 per year), so often no availability
- All-or-nothing packages don’t allow students to work with Chris for just a few hours or for part of the essay-writing process
- Secretive about pricing (he’ll only give pricing details once he’s reviewed the student’s resume and agreed to work with them), but we expect the minimum cost of working one-on-one to be several thousand dollars
#3 – The College Essay Guy
Our Verdict — Best for Unlimited Essay Assistance Price: $4900 for application to 3 schools, $8050 for application for 10 schools We’re fans of Ethan Sawyer, the original “college essay guy”— his book, College Essay Essentials , is a great guide to the essay-writing process. Ethan doesn’t work directly with many students these days, but he now has a team of consultants who help students follow his principles. Their assistance is really all-or-nothing — they prefer to work with students from the very beginning of the process, and their minimum package is $4900, which includes assistance with essays for three schools. If students are applying to ten schools (a more realistic number for students aiming at competitive colleges), the fee is a hefty $7400.
Students who want unlimited help through the entire process, who have a sizable budget.
- Cost: $4900 (supplemental essays for 3 schools) – $7400 (supplemental essays for 10 schools)
- Essay coach qualifications: mix of Ivy grads and former teachers, some writers/screenwriters; all trained
- Great free resources about the essay-writing process
- Their Matchlighters Scholars Program gives back to the community by providing admissions consulting for select qualifying students
- All-or-nothing packages have a high minimum fee and don’t work for students who want just a few hours of feedback or help with just part of the process
#4 – College Vine
Our Verdict — Best of the Big Platforms Price: $140–180/hour There are plenty of large platforms with large stables of part-time tutors and coaches available to work with students. Of these big platforms, we think CollegeVine has the best offerings. Compared to other large companies, CollegeVine provides more information about their tutors, and students can pick individual tutors to work with from their roster. However, this model is really just a way of finding individual tutors to hire. Tutors don’t receive any training and don’t share a common approach, so it’s a mixed bag. Their rates are fairly high for part-time tutors who don’t have specific expertise and training in college essay consulting. Because CollegeVine is really just a marketplace where individual tutors can find students, the quality and price will vary widely.
Students who want to work with a big company, or those who want a quick session or two to go over their essays.
- Cost: Typically $140–180/hour
- Essay coach qualifications: no specific qualifications, but a few are Ivy League graduates
- Possible to select individual editors to work with from their roster.
- Easy to schedule ad-hoc sessions with a tutor through the website.
- No training or common approach for tutors
- Editors are part-time , with no option to work with full-time college admissions experts
- Relatively expensive for this level of expertise
College Essay Editing Alternatives (that Didn’t Make the Cut)
Individual essay consultants, #5 – college essay editor.
Our Verdict — Small Editing Team Price: Roughly $5,950 for applications to 10 schools College Essay Editor comprises two graduates of Stanford. This means that they have personal experience applying to highly competitive schools. One member of the team also has a college counseling certification, which is a good background for college essays. Based on their website, they appear to focus on the editing and proofreading phase of the essay-writing process. This can be helpful to students, but we recommend working with a service who can help students to uncover their values and brainstorm really great material that allows them to really shine—and if this doesn’t happen at the beginning of the process, it’s much harder to add in later on.
- Cost: $195/1000 words for proofreading, $495/1000 words for 3 rounds of editing and proofreading, or $595/1000 words for unlimited rounds of editing and proofreading; for the purposes of comparison, complete applications to 10 competitive colleges would be around 9,650 words, or $5950.
- Writing coach qualifications: Stanford graduates, one of whom has college counseling certification
- Editors are graduates of Stanford University , and one is a member of NACAC, the national association of college counselors
- They focus on editing and proofreading only , not on the crucial earlier steps of brainstorming and strategy
- Small team with very limited availability
- All asynchronous editing so you won’t be able to cultivate a real relationship with your essay coach.
#6 – Allison Karpf
Our Verdict — Former English Teacher Helping Students Price: $385/hour or $3850 package for application to one school Another option for students looking to hire an individual consultant is Allison Karpf. Allison is a former high school English teacher and a graduate of UC Berkeley who also holds a Masters of Education from Stanford. Her rates are definitely on the higher side, especially for someone who doesn’t have a professional writing background, but she does have extensive experience working with students to craft their essays.
- Cost: $385/hour or $3850 unlimited counseling (includes supplemental essays for one college)
- Essay coach qualifications: former high school English teacher; Berkeley grad, Stanford MEd
- Lots of experience helping students improve their college essays
- Very quick to respond to client requests
- No professional writing experience or Ivy-Plus undergraduate experience
- High rates relative to other options
- Limited availability , since she works alone
#7 – Your College Vision
Our Verdict: Former Journalist with More Affordable Rates Price: $180/hour, or packages starting from $3500 Laurie Lande is another individual consultant who helps students through the essay-writing process. She comes recommended by other consultants like Chris from College Essay Mentor . Laurie did not herself attend a highly competitive school, so she doesn’t have that personal experience of going through the selective admissions process, but she does have a professional writing background as a journalist for the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong.
- Cost: $180/hour or packages starting at $3500
- Essay coach qualifications: journalism background
- Affordable pricing , relative to other options
- Not a graduate of a highly selective school
#8 – The College Guru
Our Verdict — Good on Paper but Unresponsive Price: unknown Yet another individual essay consultant is Geanine Thompson from The College Guru. Geanine attended Dartmouth as an undergraduate and also holds an MBA from Duke. She also has a professional writing background as an assistant book editor at Berkley Publishing Group. Like Greg and Kevin at PrepMaven , she combines experience in the business world and at Wall Street firms with experience in education.
- Cost: unknown
- Essay coach qualifications: former assistant book editor; Dartmouth grad, Duke MBA
- Dartmouth graduate and former book editor
- Not responsive to emails and client requests
#9 – Sofia Zapiola
Our Verdict — A budget-friendly, personal essay editor. Price: $80/hour Yet another individual essay consultant is Sofia Zapiola, who offers a mix of essay editing and college application counseling services.
- Cost: $80/hour
- Essay coach qualifications: M.A. from Harvard; certificate in College Counseling from UC San Diego.
- Individual approach, budget-friendly rates, commitment to working within families’ budgets.
- Very few testimonials, so it’s difficult to evaluate how effective she is.
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Mid-size Teams
#10 – lotus learning.
Our Verdict — Expensive for Tutor Background Price: $165/hour Founded by a Harvard grad who is a former teacher and veteran of the publishing industry, Lotus learning offers college essay help in the Boston area. They have a small team of tutors, mostly recent grads from good but not Ivy-Plus colleges, and mostly with focus in health sciences.
- Cost: $165/hour (minimum 8 hours)
- Essay coach qualifications: tutors are recent grads, but not Ivy-Plus schools
- Reasonable pricing with flexible packages
- Essay editors aren’t graduates of Ivy-Plus schools and don’t have professional writing experience
Large platforms
#11 – study point.
Our Verdict — Larger Platform with Mystery Editors Price: Rates Between $60 and $120/hr Study Point is a larger essay editing service. They claim to have several decades of experience helping students to craft their college essays, but they do not give information about who their essay coaches are and what qualifications they might have.
- Cost: $60-120/hr, depending on tutor experience
- Essay coach qualifications: unknown
- Larger company with several decades of experience
- Unclear who the essay coaches are
- Lack of statistics about their results
#12 – Ivy Select
Our Verdict — Larger Platform with Mystery Editors Price: unknown Ivy Select makes a lot of big promises on their website about having the best college essay consultants in the business, but they offer no information on who these consultants are, or on their backgrounds. They also brag that each consultant “only” works 20 students in one application cycle, but in our experience, that’s quite high.
- Long list of impressive (but anonymous) testimonials
- Only work with “top students”
- No information on their website about who the editors are
- Each essay coach works with up to 20 students at one time
#13 – Empowerly
Our Verdict — Larger Platform with Mystery Editors Price: High, from $6000/year Empowerly has over 60 college counselors who each work with an average of 5 students per year, in order to have more time to devote to each student. Their counselors come from “different educational backgrounds,” and while they do not provide specific biographical details we can assume that most of their essay coaches did not attend highly selective schools.
- Cost: typically from $6000/year
- Essay coach qualifications: college counselors
- Counselors work with just a few students per year
- You have to upgrade to “Empowerly Elite” to guarantee a counselor with a more selective educational background
- No professional writing experience
#14 – Prepory
Our Verdict — Expensive but with Good Expertise Price: $325/hr Prepory is a college application and career counseling service that offers a comprehensive program for college applications at any stage of the process (including as early as 9th grade). They make a lot of impressive claims about the expertise of their coaches, but it’s quite difficult to actual find much information about their essay coach qualifications.
- Cost: $325/hr
- They have a comprehensive college application program that begins as early as 9th grade.
- Limited information about essay coaches
- High prices
Top 40 College Essay Services Considered
- College Essay Editor
- The College Essay Guy
- College Vine
- College Essay Mentor
- Study Point
- Allison Karpf
- The College Guru
- Lotus Learning
- Summit Prep
- Sofia Zapiola
- Ivy Global / New Summits
- College Essay Solutions
- Your College Vision
- Essay Edge*
- ServicEscape*
- PapersForge*
- QuickWriter*
- JustEditMyEssay*
- JustDoMyEsssay*
- ExpertWriting*
- SpeedyPaper*
- GradeMiners*
* A number of services will edit essays directly for students, or even write portions of the essay for students. We do not condone this. Admissions officers can tell when essays have been written or edited by adults and this can have severe consequences. We have excluded these services from our reviews.
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Why are college application essays important?
Can a great college essay alone get you into Harvard?
No. You’ll need your grades, test scores, and extracurricular activities (as well as letters of recommendation and interview) to be outstanding.
But can a mediocre essay be the reason you didn’t get into Harvard?
Yes. There are thousands of amazingly-qualified students who graduate from high school each year. Great grades and test scores might be a prerequisite for admission to a competitive college, but they alone aren’t enough.
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College essays are a key component of a student’s application . When done well, they transform a collection of numbers—GPA, class rank, SAT or ACT scores , number of AP classes taken, AP scores—into a glimpse of a real, individual person.
Essays do many things. Good college essays can highlight extracurricular achievements which otherwise would be overlooked in a sterile list. Strong essays often indicate the student’s future plans —how they plan to leave a mark on their college campus and on the world. They can shine a light on unique challenges that a student may have had to face on their journey.
College admissions officers only have a few minutes to spend on each application. College essays need to be original, interesting, and memorable . They need to grab the attention of the admissions officer and persuade them that this is the student out of hundreds or thousands of other similarly-qualified applicants who should be admitted.
College admissions essays are usually unlike any other kind of writing that students have done before. They’re a combination of memoir and marketing pitch, and they need to be creative but also highly strategic. That’s a tough assignment!
What’s more, students are left to figure this assignment out on their own. A thoughtful and generous high school English teacher may provide guidance or offer to read essays and give feedback, but these teachers are responsible for many students, and they’re (usually) not experts in admissions strategies.
There’s another reason college essays are especially important from 2024 on. After the recent Supreme Court decision, the application essay has become one of the main ways that you can communicate how your racial identity has affected your life.
In fact, the New York Times published an article about how important it can be for students to discuss race in their college application essays!
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Why work with a college essay service?
You may want to consider a college essay service if:
- You have no idea where to start in order to write your college application essays
- You feel overwhelmed by all of the different ideas you have and don’t know what would be the most strategic for college admissions—and what topics to definitely avoid for college essays
- You don’t know how to craft a compelling stor y
- You’re not sure how to edit and refine what you’ve written
- You have a hard time keeping yourself on track and want an external structure to hold you accountable
- You’re tired of conflict between students and parents about college essays
- You’re aiming at a competitive college (not just the Ivy League!) and know that you need your essays to be outstanding
- Your grades, test scores, and extracurriculars aren’t exceptional, so you need your essay to make your essay stand out from the pack
- You’re unfamiliar with the US college admissions process (a common situation for international students and first-generation families in the US)
Any of these are strong reasons to consider working with a college essay service!
It’s also worth remembering that a lot of the free advice on college’s website isn’t always very clear. For example, NYU’s admissions Senior Assistant Director of Admissions says that “There is no right or wrong way to answer as long as your answer is genuine to you.”
While that’s true, that doesn’t offer much guidance on how to actually write the essay!
Though many college applicants might not mention it, more and more students are using professional college application consultants. Research at the University of Chicago has shown that over a quarter of high-achieving seniors employed private specialists to help with the college application process.
In fact, according to NPR , some companies are even offering college admissions counseling to their top employees as an incentive–that’s just how important professional help can be in the current landscape of college admissions.
It’s important to note that a good college essay service will not write your college application essays for you . This is unethical and illegal. That’s not just coming from us: take it from a school like Princeton, whose website insists on the importance of writing your own application essays.
A good college essay service will guide you through each step of the process , teaching you how to self-reflect and write well while sharing insider insight about admissions strategy .
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What makes a good college essay service?
We strongly believe that students need to write their own college essays , and we do not condone plagiarism or “buying” a college essay.
However, writing college application essays requires a completely new set of skills that is rarely taught in high school!
Writing a personal essay is much more creative than simply writing a good paper for English class. It requires a compelling narrative and a great deal of writing craft . A good essay service will teach how to do this kind of writing.
There are many college essay services that will provide only written feedback to students, usually in the form of comments added to an essay draft. (Remember, it’s important that students write their own essays, so avoid any college essay service that will make edits directly to an essay document .)
Written comments can be an effective component of good essay coaching. However, writing college essays is a deeply personal process , and it’s incredibly difficult to guide a student through the process of self-reflection, brainstorming, and planning purely through written comments.
In addition, a great college essay coach will teach students how to do this entire process of brainstorming, planning, outlining, writing, and revising . It’s difficult to learn why an essay coach is advising certain changes through written comments alone.
For these reasons, look for a college essay service with live, one-on-one services , not just written feedback. These days, it’s easy to work with the best college essay consultants in the country over Zoom!
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Students need to reflect on their goals, their passions, and what drives them to be the person they are. This requires a great deal of self-awareness and self-analysis . An experienced college essay coach can help draw these ideas out of students through tested introspection techniques and brainstorming exercises .
On top of all of that, students need to be cognizant of which traits and accomplishments will be most appealing to colleges , and which stories will be cliche and boring. Personal statements and supplementary essays need to fit together to tell a cohesive story, and they need to work together with the rest of the student’s application (extracurriculars, grades, and other accomplishments).
In other words, there’s a great deal of strategy here! An experienced college essay service can help students decide how to present themselves in the best possible light .
Furthermore, most students don’t know how to edit effectively . A really top-notch college essay service will also teach students how to edit their own writing —how to reorder sections for better flow, cut unnecessary words to meet a word count, eliminate passive verbs, and make their writing vivid and exciting. Our students are routinely amazed by how transformative this step can be, and how much they learn by doing it together with the essay coach.
Finally, the best college essay services can also help students to make a writing plan and keep them on track , so that parents don’t have to be involved directly.
Ready to work on your college essays? Schedule a free 15- to 30-minute consultation with Jessica or one of our founders.
Best overall: PrepMaven’s tutors offer the highest quality at the best price. With three tiers of tutors, they make it easy to work with an Ivy League undergraduate for as little as $79/hr. Or, families can work with education professionals or Ivy League graduates from $150/hr. PrepMaven’s track record means that you can be sure every hour is being spent productively, so that you can expect real results from the work.
Best for individual consultants: College Essay Mentor. In theory, College Essay Mentor would offer an unparalleled level of individual attention and guidance: his website boasts of some very impressive results. You might find it hard to actually schedule with him, however, since he’s very selective about his clients.
Best for unlimited essay assistance: The College Essay Guy might not offer that personalized attention you get from live, face to face essay coaching, but they do offer unlimited essay editing for up to 10 schools (if you’re comfortable paying a hefty package price).
Best of the big platforms: College Vine will always be a bit of a gamble. Because it’s a tutor marketplace, your results (and costs) will really depend on how lucky you get with your consultant. From our research, however, many of their essay coaches look to have solid track records.
Ready to work on college essays with one of our experienced writing coaches? Schedule a free test prep consultation with Jessica (Director of Tutoring) or one of our founders to see what would be the best fit for your family.
It’s always best to start early and not wait until the last minute to write your college essays! Remember that essays can be used to earn scholarships as well as college admission, so a few months of writing now can pay off with up to $300,000 in tuition saved later.
We work with students at all stages of the writing process, from I-have-no-idea-what-to-write to final edits. To start working with an Ivy-League writing coach today, set up a quick free consultation with our team.
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Emily graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and holds an MA from the University of Notre Dame. She was a National Merit Scholar and has won numerous academic prizes and fellowships. A veteran of the publishing industry, she has helped professors at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton revise their books and articles. Over the last decade, Emily has successfully mentored hundreds of students in all aspects of the college admissions process, including the SAT, ACT, and college application essay.
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College Essay Guy is my guru
College Essay Guy is my guru. I have had a successful practice as a college essay advisor for 7 years, modeled largely off his approach. His online courses, videos, books and handouts are incredibly easy to follow. Most importantly, he helps us learn to facilitate students' self-reflection so that they craft interesting essays in their own voices to enhance their applications.
Date of experience : March 24, 2020
The best essay coach in the world!
The best essay coach in the world! Our CEG coach is incredibly professional and dedicated to assisting my daughter with her college essay. When my daughter found herself influenced by external opinions while writing her first draft Personal Statement, it was our CEG coach who provided her with a steadfast voice, encouraging her to stay true to her inner voice. When my daughter felt overwhelmed by the pressure of looming essay deadlines, our CEG coach stayed up late, working alongside her. When my daughter struggled to begin her essay, it was our CEG coach who led brainstorming sessions, helping her to discover herself and choose the right topics to write about. As international students, our CEG coach supported us with guidance on the application process, cultural aspects of college education, and English essay writing for American universities. Additionally, his expertise in coaching English essay writing and the clarity of our essay themes were impeccable, allowing us the flexibility to maintain the uniqueness of our cultural backgrounds.
Date of experience : April 05, 2024
College Essay Guy is amazing!
College Essay Guy is by far the most helpful resource! His courses are thorough and informative and the library of supplemental material is accessible for life after the courses, which is super helpful. I subscribe to the Counselor Essay Workshop in a Box and that is invaluable. There are resources for many different lengths of workshops and handouts that I can use.
Date of experience : May 12, 2020
Hi Ethan, I work in an urban high school AVID program. We have used many of your resources in class such as the Wants and Needs exercise (we played your video too!). We also use the Values Exercise. Thank you for making these amazing resources available to the public.
Helpful course
Helpful course, if you’re getting started with you essays! It definitely helped me brainstorm and get started with mine.
More than just how to write an essay
My daughter was accepted for what we could pay. We are from a low socio-economic area and have moved several times during her school years. The advice and information she received was priceless. She won the Presidential Scholarship at her chosen college and will be going tuition free. Something that made her not as open to participate in the on-line sessions was that there were others writing about how they started their own companies, traveled the world, etc. and she felt what she had to offer/write about was not good enough or as good. That started a conversation. Thank you for this program, for your willingness to help our children and for offering the type of advice I would offer myself (it is received much better from you). There are a multitude of benefits other than just how to write an essay.
The guidance and collaboration helped…
The guidance and collaboration helped Kai feel confident in her achievements and in reaching her goals. Great experience! Wendy was a perfect fit, positive, patient, and encouraging.
Date of experience : September 01, 2023
Helpful Resources, Great Feedback, Amazing Results
I felt the access to the resources alone were worth the cost of the course. However, having the added bonus of discussing my thoughts and ideas with Ethan and other professionals in the course on a weekly business made this all worthwhile. If you've ever worked with a student that is academically talented, but just doesn't have confidence in their writing techniques, this course and the guidebook will help you immeasurably. I had the chance to use many of the approaches with my students in both small group and one-on-one settings and the results speak for themselves. As Ethan would tell you, there is no "one way" to write an essay, but these resources will help you get students writing, and that's the most important part of this process!
Date of experience : March 30, 2020
Amazing CEG Personal One-to-One Experience with all-in $5K investment
What was most helpful about having your student work with the essay coach? The ability to turn over the entire process of essay preparation and application elements to an expert who was very experienced and able to provide hands on guidance with the knowledge she (Colleen) was a seasoned professional able to lead Olivia through every step of the journey- was incredibly valuable and reassuring! If you could change something about your essay coaching experience with College Essay Guy, what would that be? Feel free to be specific and honest. Honestly, given this was our first and only experience - we were thoroughly satisfied with all aspects of the program from start to finish. If there were a way to more formally (without additional excessive expense) incorporate elements of the scholarship application process into this hands on $5K experience- that would be most helpful. So, in addition to flagging materials that can be reused during those scholarship applications, possibly shaping multiple stock answers that can be plugged into myriad standard applications online- might be of great value. Is there anything else about your experience working with CEG that you'd like to share with us? Fantastic overall experience- Colleen Williams was amazing and we've already heard back acceptance offer from one of the three schools applied to through CEG, along with acceptance offer from another major school with a $120K over 4-yr scholarship offer as well using virtually same material developed with Colleen during the tutoring process!
Date of experience : May 17, 2023
Super helpful, tangible resources that absolutely add value to students.
I always find something useful from Ethan's resources and continue to add his tips to my toolbox. It is so helpful to have frameworks to use to work with students that I can then tweak as needed. Thank you so much!
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The lessons were all really helpful, especially the ones related to brainstorming. It was great to get feedback on our ideas during live-streams. Overall, I’m really glad I had this as a resource!!
Date of experience : March 25, 2020
I am a new IEC
I am a new IEC, having recently completed the UC Irvine certificate program. I've been working with students and felt that I needed a little extra instruction on college essay editing. I registered for Ethan's seminar "How to Write the College Application and Supplemental Essays" and it did the trick! The course reinforced what I already knew and enhanced my confidence to edit activity lists and application essays.
Very impressed
We are very impressed with the material. The material and the guidance truly helped my son in coming up with very good essays for this college application. Much appreciated for all the guidance, support and the material. You guys have reduced our stress and anxiety drastically.
Amazing!! 10/10 recommend!😊
I’m currently in my second semester of senior year and personally wasn’t able to afford a private college admission counselor, but Ethan’s videos definitely equated in quality!! Though he’s not there with you in person and dissecting your essays line by line, it’s almost as if he is. His videos make you seem as though you’re right next to him and the way he has curated his programs is absolutely seamless! From the worksheets to the step by step breakdown, he really pushed me through my every mental block. Even more, there is a Facebook group with other students following his videos in which you can find essay writing partners to look over each other’s essays and just keep each other on track and I loved that!! Ethan and his team really just truly care about you and you can tell from every email, every video, and every guide. They are there for you from start to finish, his team is so quick to respond to emails, and he really just made this whole process a lot less stressful for me. I would recommend him to anybody and everybody and don’t have one bad thing to say. He is simply and truly AMAZING.
Activites, Access & Appreciation
Before addressing the essay, I have students compose their activity and honors lists. When I ask a students if there is another way they may describe an activity, they immediately go to the CEG's Epic List of Activities List Verbs. A great resource to enable students in adding interest and strength to their Common App and scholarship applications. With "The List of Activities You May Not Have Considered..."students brainstorm and expanded their lists with unique entries, including welcoming an adoptive sister into the family and shadowing/interviewing/interning in legal and medical fields to explore career interests. After completing the lists it is on to the Essay Workshop in a Box! Ethan, thank you for the Pay What You Can option. I provide access to college prep to a small group of low-income/first-gen students and you provides me with the tools to be an effective mentor!
It's been wonderful and I surely can…
It's been wonderful and I surely can work with a student much better now. I'm also much more confident, though I just completed my College Counseling Certificate Program with UCLA Extension.
The resources that are provided are enormously informative and useful. I am grateful that Ethan allows us to use them with our students. Thank you for all of your help.
Good stuff. Felt like it could include more undocumented students overall.
Ethan of College Essay Guy is a…
CEG is wonderful and sympathetic and will definitely help you with your essay topics. Strongly recommend!
Date of experience : March 19, 2023
Super helpful and informative course
Super helpful and informative course! I not only received personal advice, but the resources Ethan provides are invaluable. I have more confidence given the essential tools Nathan has provided to help my students with their personal statements.
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College Essay Guy is my guru
College Essay Guy is my guru. I have had a successful practice as a college essay advisor for 7 years, modeled largely off his approach. His online courses, videos, books and handouts are incredibly easy to follow. Most importantly, he helps us learn to facilitate students' self-reflection so that they craft interesting essays in their own voices to enhance their applications.
Date of experience : March 24, 2020
The best essay coach in the world!
The best essay coach in the world! Our CEG coach is incredibly professional and dedicated to assisting my daughter with her college essay. When my daughter found herself influenced by external opinions while writing her first draft Personal Statement, it was our CEG coach who provided her with a steadfast voice, encouraging her to stay true to her inner voice. When my daughter felt overwhelmed by the pressure of looming essay deadlines, our CEG coach stayed up late, working alongside her. When my daughter struggled to begin her essay, it was our CEG coach who led brainstorming sessions, helping her to discover herself and choose the right topics to write about. As international students, our CEG coach supported us with guidance on the application process, cultural aspects of college education, and English essay writing for American universities. Additionally, his expertise in coaching English essay writing and the clarity of our essay themes were impeccable, allowing us the flexibility to maintain the uniqueness of our cultural backgrounds.
Date of experience : April 05, 2024
College Essay Guy is amazing!
College Essay Guy is by far the most helpful resource! His courses are thorough and informative and the library of supplemental material is accessible for life after the courses, which is super helpful. I subscribe to the Counselor Essay Workshop in a Box and that is invaluable. There are resources for many different lengths of workshops and handouts that I can use.
Date of experience : May 12, 2020
Hi Ethan, I work in an urban high school AVID program. We have used many of your resources in class such as the Wants and Needs exercise (we played your video too!). We also use the Values Exercise. Thank you for making these amazing resources available to the public.
Helpful course
Helpful course, if you’re getting started with you essays! It definitely helped me brainstorm and get started with mine.
More than just how to write an essay
My daughter was accepted for what we could pay. We are from a low socio-economic area and have moved several times during her school years. The advice and information she received was priceless. She won the Presidential Scholarship at her chosen college and will be going tuition free. Something that made her not as open to participate in the on-line sessions was that there were others writing about how they started their own companies, traveled the world, etc. and she felt what she had to offer/write about was not good enough or as good. That started a conversation. Thank you for this program, for your willingness to help our children and for offering the type of advice I would offer myself (it is received much better from you). There are a multitude of benefits other than just how to write an essay.
The guidance and collaboration helped…
The guidance and collaboration helped Kai feel confident in her achievements and in reaching her goals. Great experience! Wendy was a perfect fit, positive, patient, and encouraging.
Date of experience : September 01, 2023
Helpful Resources, Great Feedback, Amazing Results
I felt the access to the resources alone were worth the cost of the course. However, having the added bonus of discussing my thoughts and ideas with Ethan and other professionals in the course on a weekly business made this all worthwhile. If you've ever worked with a student that is academically talented, but just doesn't have confidence in their writing techniques, this course and the guidebook will help you immeasurably. I had the chance to use many of the approaches with my students in both small group and one-on-one settings and the results speak for themselves. As Ethan would tell you, there is no "one way" to write an essay, but these resources will help you get students writing, and that's the most important part of this process!
Date of experience : March 30, 2020
Amazing CEG Personal One-to-One Experience with all-in $5K investment
What was most helpful about having your student work with the essay coach? The ability to turn over the entire process of essay preparation and application elements to an expert who was very experienced and able to provide hands on guidance with the knowledge she (Colleen) was a seasoned professional able to lead Olivia through every step of the journey- was incredibly valuable and reassuring! If you could change something about your essay coaching experience with College Essay Guy, what would that be? Feel free to be specific and honest. Honestly, given this was our first and only experience - we were thoroughly satisfied with all aspects of the program from start to finish. If there were a way to more formally (without additional excessive expense) incorporate elements of the scholarship application process into this hands on $5K experience- that would be most helpful. So, in addition to flagging materials that can be reused during those scholarship applications, possibly shaping multiple stock answers that can be plugged into myriad standard applications online- might be of great value. Is there anything else about your experience working with CEG that you'd like to share with us? Fantastic overall experience- Colleen Williams was amazing and we've already heard back acceptance offer from one of the three schools applied to through CEG, along with acceptance offer from another major school with a $120K over 4-yr scholarship offer as well using virtually same material developed with Colleen during the tutoring process!
Date of experience : May 17, 2023
Super helpful, tangible resources that absolutely add value to students.
I always find something useful from Ethan's resources and continue to add his tips to my toolbox. It is so helpful to have frameworks to use to work with students that I can then tweak as needed. Thank you so much!
College Essay Guy Review
The lessons were all really helpful, especially the ones related to brainstorming. It was great to get feedback on our ideas during live-streams. Overall, I’m really glad I had this as a resource!!
Date of experience : March 25, 2020
I am a new IEC
I am a new IEC, having recently completed the UC Irvine certificate program. I've been working with students and felt that I needed a little extra instruction on college essay editing. I registered for Ethan's seminar "How to Write the College Application and Supplemental Essays" and it did the trick! The course reinforced what I already knew and enhanced my confidence to edit activity lists and application essays.
Very impressed
We are very impressed with the material. The material and the guidance truly helped my son in coming up with very good essays for this college application. Much appreciated for all the guidance, support and the material. You guys have reduced our stress and anxiety drastically.
Amazing!! 10/10 recommend!😊
I’m currently in my second semester of senior year and personally wasn’t able to afford a private college admission counselor, but Ethan’s videos definitely equated in quality!! Though he’s not there with you in person and dissecting your essays line by line, it’s almost as if he is. His videos make you seem as though you’re right next to him and the way he has curated his programs is absolutely seamless! From the worksheets to the step by step breakdown, he really pushed me through my every mental block. Even more, there is a Facebook group with other students following his videos in which you can find essay writing partners to look over each other’s essays and just keep each other on track and I loved that!! Ethan and his team really just truly care about you and you can tell from every email, every video, and every guide. They are there for you from start to finish, his team is so quick to respond to emails, and he really just made this whole process a lot less stressful for me. I would recommend him to anybody and everybody and don’t have one bad thing to say. He is simply and truly AMAZING.
Activites, Access & Appreciation
Before addressing the essay, I have students compose their activity and honors lists. When I ask a students if there is another way they may describe an activity, they immediately go to the CEG's Epic List of Activities List Verbs. A great resource to enable students in adding interest and strength to their Common App and scholarship applications. With "The List of Activities You May Not Have Considered..."students brainstorm and expanded their lists with unique entries, including welcoming an adoptive sister into the family and shadowing/interviewing/interning in legal and medical fields to explore career interests. After completing the lists it is on to the Essay Workshop in a Box! Ethan, thank you for the Pay What You Can option. I provide access to college prep to a small group of low-income/first-gen students and you provides me with the tools to be an effective mentor!
It's been wonderful and I surely can…
It's been wonderful and I surely can work with a student much better now. I'm also much more confident, though I just completed my College Counseling Certificate Program with UCLA Extension.
The resources that are provided are enormously informative and useful. I am grateful that Ethan allows us to use them with our students. Thank you for all of your help.
Good stuff. Felt like it could include more undocumented students overall.
Ethan of College Essay Guy is a…
CEG is wonderful and sympathetic and will definitely help you with your essay topics. Strongly recommend!
Date of experience : March 19, 2023
Super helpful and informative course
Super helpful and informative course! I not only received personal advice, but the resources Ethan provides are invaluable. I have more confidence given the essential tools Nathan has provided to help my students with their personal statements.
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Ethan and the team at College Essay Guy made all of the difference in my applications. I strongly believe that the quality and substance of my essays are what helped me gain admittance to both Yale and Brown. I learned more about writing in his courses than I did in all of my previous schooling and I couldn't recommend his work more highly.
Date of experience : 21 May 2024
If I had missed the guidance of College…
If I had missed the guidance of College Essay Guy during my college application process, I can't imagine the turbulence I would have gone through. Their resources completely changed my perspective on college applications. I learned it's not so much about me, but more about what the admissions officers want to know about me. This mindset shift made a huge difference. College Essay Guy, you are amazing! Keep helping students out there navigate this daunting process. I am infinitely grateful for your support. You were an oasis in the desert of my college application journey, which I tackled from the other side of the planet. I'm writing this today as a college graduate, thanks to you.
Date of experience : 14 May 2024
Great Coaches
What stood out about the CEG college essay process the most was how they helped along every step of the way. My essay editor, Sarah Murphy, was amazing and was there to help me whenever I had any questions about anything related to the college process, no matter how simple or abstract the questions were. She made sure that I was comfortable with what I was writing, and her friendliness allowed me to be very open with her, up-leveling my essays. If you are looking for someone to look over your essays, I would definitely recommend College essay guy!
Date of experience : 01 January 2024
Great experience
College Essay Guy was super helpful in our application process. Not only the coaches have a lot of first hand experiences, it also helps me avoiding potential tensions with my son in the process lol. Sophia was our essay coach and she was bright and also super dedicated. She accommodated a super difficult schedule to help my son in his last push of finishing his essays. Can't ask for more. Separately, for the parallel "college list" coaching service, it is much more than what I expected. The coach not only helped building a college list, he actually provided very detailed instructions, with follow ups, to my son regarding all the steps he needs to take to complete the applications - activity lists, recommendation letters, etc. Overall, enjoyed working with CEG!
Date of experience : 07 May 2024
Seamless Process for College Essays
This is been a great experience and it was stressful initially but you guys made it so easy. I really thank you for all the services and making this process helpful. It was really seamless process.
Date of experience : 08 May 2024
Best program by far
My son’s coach showed exceptional patience, flexibility, responsiveness, and guidance throughout the entire application cycle. The process is highly structured and I appreciate the focus on keeping it between the student and coach. I think it’s best to keep parents out of the process in order to maintain the boundary and working dynamic between essay coach and student, as you intended. It really helped me put my faith in the coach without feeling I had to be involved. I was adjacent to the process which was better for everyone. My son’s essay topic was so unexpected and incredible in a way that could have only been derived from this extensive process. In addition, this program was more comprehensive and far more affordable than other resources. My son received admission to 16/18 schools including several full ride offers and Ivy League institutions. His writing improved so much and I even think it assisted in his selection as a Coca-Cola scholar. It made for some difficult decisions! Highly, highly recommend!
Date of experience : 07 April 2024
We were so fortunate to work with Ethan Sawyer, Susan, and Andy
We were so fortunate to work with College Essay Guy for my second and third child. I happened upon College Essay Guys work while we were prepping our oldest child for his applications and working with a different "prestigious" college prep company. What really stands out about College Essay Guy is the level of depth and authenticity that they are able to excavate out of your child. The process that College Essay Guy uses to help the student really understand and examine themselves and their own values is profound and rich in meaning far beyond the college application process. I felt that everyone working with my children actually cared about my child and wanted to help them further evolve and develop into even more meaningful adults. I was honestly blown away with the care and compassion of College Essay Guys entire team and thrilled to have them as role models for my children. They are the real deal and admissions officers can feel the difference in the essays. Yes, both of my kids got into either their first choice or second choice (but with surprise of a full academic scholarship!), but this process meant so much more than even the acceptance letter.
Date of experience : 05 June 2023
The CEG team helped my son reach his…
The CEG team helped my son reach his best performance without us managing the process, allowing him full ownership. He was admitted into the college of his choice. Money well spent!
Date of experience : 10 November 2023
Incredibly supportive and experienced team
I am immensely thankful to CEG for stepping in when my son found himself in a last-minute bind, realizing he needed external assistance. He felt completely stuck. When a friend suggested contacting CEG, which I did, Ethan responded promptly. He patiently listened to our concerns and efficiently guided us through the process. From that point on, things progressed swiftly. Jennifer worked diligently and patiently with my son. The highlight for me, as a mother, was the review process, where other advisers contributed their insights and recommendations. I couldn't have asked for more. My only regret is that I wish we had reached out to them earlier in the process to fully benefit from their expertise.
Date of experience : 31 October 2023
CEG is priceless…
CEG kept my son accountable with tasks to complete each week. The whole process was streamlined and professional. Helena helped with any questions and coach Natalie (so positive and encouraging) kept him on track and feeling able and accomplished. Thanks so much for considering.
Date of experience : 21 March 2024
CEG made the college essay writing…
CEG made the college essay writing process enjoyable and engaging. It was an opportunity to reflect on my values and my life and what I want admissions to know about me through my writing. I couldn’t recommend CEG more — not only will they lead you to formulate ideas for essays but they will also teach you things about yourself. Thank you so much, CEG!
Date of experience : 01 September 2023
Working with CEG was the best thing I…
Working with CEG was the best thing I could've done! Starting out as someone who had absolutely no idea what they wanted to write about or how to even write a college essay, CEG was able to provide me with the support to write an outstanding personal statement and supplementals, all of which I never could've written without such incredible support. This truly made such a significant impact on my college application process and I am so grateful for the CEG team for all of their help!
Date of experience : 23 May 2023
Awesome Experience!!!
It made a HUGE difference to have an expert provide guidance, accountability, and support. Melissa was Maggie's essay coach and she was awesome! Very prepared and timely. It made the whole process a lot less stressful and less overwhelming.
Date of experience : 12 October 2023
Best Experience Possible
We highly recommend College Essay Guy. Our son's counselor was able to get him to open up in a way he would not have with us, they helped keep him on a timeline and we were done before Thanksgiving and there were no parent-kid battles! The best part is that our son was accepted to his first choice school! The College Essay Guy team was fabulous.
Date of experience : 15 November 2023
Every session with our counselor and essay coach was a joy and inspiration
One the most helpful things about having my daughter work with the essay coach was being able to bounce ideas, brainstorm out loud, and also the incredible in-depth feedback Lola got on everything she wrote! Every session was a joy and inspiration and truly helped propelled Lola's writing to another level! Working with our college counselor was immensely helpful! She was so knowledgeable and answered so many questions with a huge smile! She was a vast ocean of resources and information that really helped us navigate some confusing aspects of the application process, timing, and the applications themselves.
Date of experience : 22 November 2023
Empathetic and highly effective
The process is excellent and the team fantastic. Our son worked with Cat and her ability to connect deeply with him and to help him think through and articulate his passions were central to his journey. In a word - awesome.
Date of experience : 31 July 2023
Amazing program, more than a college essay tutor
My son had a wonderful experience with CEG. He was a paired with a wonderful tutor who not only helped him find his voice and write beautiful, personal essays, but also helped him stay organized in the process. He is a busy kids with lots of extracurriculars and a fall sport so this was hugely helpful for fall of senior year. As a STEM focused student applying to tech and engineering schools, the writing component of the applications was the most intimidating for him. My son felt that he actually became a better writer in the process due to the one on one support and encouragement of his tutor, Harrison. The acceptance letters just keep coming! I highly, highly recommend this program.
Worth Every Penny But Intimidating
This course is amazing but very lengthy with a bunch of unnecessary information. Id prefer if you just went straight to the point and explained some parts of the essay on a dumber level. Other than that everything was perfect and this course will boost your acceptance chances through the roof!
Date of experience : 24 March 2020
The resources are great and very…
The resources are great and very helpful as a student looking for where to begin. The online class was a bit crowded which made it difficult for me to get my essay reviewed and wasn’t always the most helpful. Overall I think it is a great service thought there were definitely parts I liked better then others
Date of experience : 30 March 2020
Frustrating Experience
It's important to know that with the current payment structure, the flat rate is the same for 3 or 6 essays, regardless of when you start. For your best value, I would encourage signing up several months before their hard end date of 10/31. I paid in full in mid-July, with the promise my son could start right away, hoping he would get most of the work done before starting a packed senior year. While it took my son a couple weeks to get his intake forms done, several e-mail requests were required to get started with a coach, with no real work going until mid-August. The coach we got was pretty good, but despite my requests to keep it moving, dragged out the process with the other coaches reviewing the work so it wasn't done until the day the applications were due. Because of this, I wasn't able to review the essays myself before the first round were submitted. When I read them before the second round was due, I noticed a couple typos in the Common App essay. Given the cost and that this was supposed to be edited by 3 experts, I was greatly disappointed. I will say they definitely helped my son get his writing done and it was much better than it would have been otherwise, but will look to see what else is out there next time around.
Date of experience : 03 September 2023
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College Essay Guy is my guru
College Essay Guy is my guru. I have had a successful practice as a college essay advisor for 7 years, modeled largely off his approach. His online courses, videos, books and handouts are incredibly easy to follow. Most importantly, he helps us learn to facilitate students' self-reflection so that they craft interesting essays in their own voices to enhance their applications.
Date of experience : 24 March 2020
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The best essay coach in the world! Our CEG coach is incredibly professional and dedicated to assisting my daughter with her college essay. When my daughter found herself influenced by external opinions while writing her first draft Personal Statement, it was our CEG coach who provided her with a steadfast voice, encouraging her to stay true to her inner voice. When my daughter felt overwhelmed by the pressure of looming essay deadlines, our CEG coach stayed up late, working alongside her. When my daughter struggled to begin her essay, it was our CEG coach who led brainstorming sessions, helping her to discover herself and choose the right topics to write about. As international students, our CEG coach supported us with guidance on the application process, cultural aspects of college education, and English essay writing for American universities. Additionally, his expertise in coaching English essay writing and the clarity of our essay themes were impeccable, allowing us the flexibility to maintain the uniqueness of our cultural backgrounds.
Date of experience : 05 April 2024
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College Essay Guy is by far the most helpful resource! His courses are thorough and informative and the library of supplemental material is accessible for life after the courses, which is super helpful. I subscribe to the Counselor Essay Workshop in a Box and that is invaluable. There are resources for many different lengths of workshops and handouts that I can use.
Date of experience : 12 May 2020
Hi Ethan, I work in an urban high school AVID program. We have used many of your resources in class such as the Wants and Needs exercise (we played your video too!). We also use the Values Exercise. Thank you for making these amazing resources available to the public.
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Helpful course, if you’re getting started with you essays! It definitely helped me brainstorm and get started with mine.
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My daughter was accepted for what we could pay. We are from a low socio-economic area and have moved several times during her school years. The advice and information she received was priceless. She won the Presidential Scholarship at her chosen college and will be going tuition free. Something that made her not as open to participate in the on-line sessions was that there were others writing about how they started their own companies, traveled the world, etc. and she felt what she had to offer/write about was not good enough or as good. That started a conversation. Thank you for this program, for your willingness to help our children and for offering the type of advice I would offer myself (it is received much better from you). There are a multitude of benefits other than just how to write an essay.
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The guidance and collaboration helped Kai feel confident in her achievements and in reaching her goals. Great experience! Wendy was a perfect fit, positive, patient, and encouraging.
Date of experience : 01 September 2023
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I felt the access to the resources alone were worth the cost of the course. However, having the added bonus of discussing my thoughts and ideas with Ethan and other professionals in the course on a weekly business made this all worthwhile. If you've ever worked with a student that is academically talented, but just doesn't have confidence in their writing techniques, this course and the guidebook will help you immeasurably. I had the chance to use many of the approaches with my students in both small group and one-on-one settings and the results speak for themselves. As Ethan would tell you, there is no "one way" to write an essay, but these resources will help you get students writing, and that's the most important part of this process!
Date of experience : 30 March 2020
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What was most helpful about having your student work with the essay coach? The ability to turn over the entire process of essay preparation and application elements to an expert who was very experienced and able to provide hands on guidance with the knowledge she (Colleen) was a seasoned professional able to lead Olivia through every step of the journey- was incredibly valuable and reassuring! If you could change something about your essay coaching experience with College Essay Guy, what would that be? Feel free to be specific and honest. Honestly, given this was our first and only experience - we were thoroughly satisfied with all aspects of the program from start to finish. If there were a way to more formally (without additional excessive expense) incorporate elements of the scholarship application process into this hands on $5K experience- that would be most helpful. So, in addition to flagging materials that can be reused during those scholarship applications, possibly shaping multiple stock answers that can be plugged into myriad standard applications online- might be of great value. Is there anything else about your experience working with CEG that you'd like to share with us? Fantastic overall experience- Colleen Williams was amazing and we've already heard back acceptance offer from one of the three schools applied to through CEG, along with acceptance offer from another major school with a $120K over 4-yr scholarship offer as well using virtually same material developed with Colleen during the tutoring process!
Date of experience : 17 May 2023
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I always find something useful from Ethan's resources and continue to add his tips to my toolbox. It is so helpful to have frameworks to use to work with students that I can then tweak as needed. Thank you so much!
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The lessons were all really helpful, especially the ones related to brainstorming. It was great to get feedback on our ideas during live-streams. Overall, I’m really glad I had this as a resource!!
Date of experience : 25 March 2020
I am a new IEC
I am a new IEC, having recently completed the UC Irvine certificate program. I've been working with students and felt that I needed a little extra instruction on college essay editing. I registered for Ethan's seminar "How to Write the College Application and Supplemental Essays" and it did the trick! The course reinforced what I already knew and enhanced my confidence to edit activity lists and application essays.
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We are very impressed with the material. The material and the guidance truly helped my son in coming up with very good essays for this college application. Much appreciated for all the guidance, support and the material. You guys have reduced our stress and anxiety drastically.
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I’m currently in my second semester of senior year and personally wasn’t able to afford a private college admission counselor, but Ethan’s videos definitely equated in quality!! Though he’s not there with you in person and dissecting your essays line by line, it’s almost as if he is. His videos make you seem as though you’re right next to him and the way he has curated his programs is absolutely seamless! From the worksheets to the step by step breakdown, he really pushed me through my every mental block. Even more, there is a Facebook group with other students following his videos in which you can find essay writing partners to look over each other’s essays and just keep each other on track and I loved that!! Ethan and his team really just truly care about you and you can tell from every email, every video, and every guide. They are there for you from start to finish, his team is so quick to respond to emails, and he really just made this whole process a lot less stressful for me. I would recommend him to anybody and everybody and don’t have one bad thing to say. He is simply and truly AMAZING.
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Before addressing the essay, I have students compose their activity and honors lists. When I ask a students if there is another way they may describe an activity, they immediately go to the CEG's Epic List of Activities List Verbs. A great resource to enable students in adding interest and strength to their Common App and scholarship applications. With "The List of Activities You May Not Have Considered..."students brainstorm and expanded their lists with unique entries, including welcoming an adoptive sister into the family and shadowing/interviewing/interning in legal and medical fields to explore career interests. After completing the lists it is on to the Essay Workshop in a Box! Ethan, thank you for the Pay What You Can option. I provide access to college prep to a small group of low-income/first-gen students and you provides me with the tools to be an effective mentor!
It's been wonderful and I surely can…
It's been wonderful and I surely can work with a student much better now. I'm also much more confident, though I just completed my College Counseling Certificate Program with UCLA Extension.
The resources that are provided are enormously informative and useful. I am grateful that Ethan allows us to use them with our students. Thank you for all of your help.
Good stuff. Felt like it could include more undocumented students overall.
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CEG is wonderful and sympathetic and will definitely help you with your essay topics. Strongly recommend!
Date of experience : 19 March 2023
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Super helpful and informative course! I not only received personal advice, but the resources Ethan provides are invaluable. I have more confidence given the essential tools Nathan has provided to help my students with their personal statements.
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CEG Turned my Interests and Curiosities into Strong and Compelling Narratives
CEG was an incredibly useful service allowing me to confidently write, organize my ideas and truly dive more into my inner self (which is not easy during the stressful rush of the college application process). CEG was very hands on and allowed me to craft each narrative I told with near perfection and clarity. I was able to use CEG's resources to leverage my interests, ambitions and stories intro strong and compelling narratives which strong aided my application. I learned a tremendous amount about my self through my writing process with CEG and I highly recommend their services.
Date of experience : 24 March 2023
College Essay Guy is THE WAY TO GO!
The insight into how college applications should read and the support in building cohesive essays and applications is invaluable and certainly something we would never have navigated well on our own. Would we have have had some success? Probably, but not the kind of application success that we had! My daughter was accepted to 5 of her 6 schools and is attending a top choice school-- cannot recommend enough.
Date of experience : 01 November 2023
Helping him think through and structure…
Helping him think through and structure his essays as per the requirements. Helena was excellent in coordinating and responding whenever we had a query and Shira was exceptionally good with our son
Date of experience : 15 November 2023
Consider if you need to pay or just use the free resources
This is a review of Ethan's Counselor Essay Course. I have used Ethan's free resources over the past 5 years as a high school counselor. These resources are amazing!!! When I transitioned to being an independent counselor, I decided to spring for the course for a fee as I had been impressed with his free materials and sought out more of his expertise; however, I didn't find there to be much in the way of additional strategies that I didn't already know from the free material. There were many more examples, and while I found these to be helpful, the strategies and frameworks are much more helpful. I know Ethan is about giving a lot away for free to make things equitable (and I support this), but if he's going to have some resources/classes for a fee, I expect to get more than examples of the strategies I was already employing with students.
Date of experience : 24 March 2020
Excellent essay coach!
The essay coach our daughter was paired with really helped her to express her experiences in her essays in an interesting way; the 1:1 sessions worked very well for my daughter. I do not have anything I would change about the experience and I really like the fact that CEG provides college application support to those who can not afford it.
Date of experience : 05 March 2024
Awesome review!!
The course and the book are very realistic and of great help. Some techniques are better than the others, my daughter came up with her own essays and ideas though. I enjoyed the videos and suggestions, thanks for your help. I am impressed with your generosity to help those in need!!
Working with CEG allowed me to really…
Working with CEG allowed me to really hone in on how I could make my specific personality and interests stand out. Going into the college application process, I knew that there were going to be a lot of students like me in the application pool, especially to the school I applied to. I felt sort of stereotypical, but working with CEG I was able to uniquely and effectively craft-- for the personal statement and supplemental essays-- a story about myself using my unique interests and personality. CEG is not only a group of college-essay specialists, but creative and thoughtful listeners. I would highly recommend CEG to anyone applying to college.
Date of experience : 29 June 2023
CEG was always available
CEG was always available. I mean, always. And beyond being a fun guy to talk to, he really knows how to access the core of a person and show you how to put it on paper. I could not have asked for a better person to help me!
Date of experience : 21 March 2023
I’ve loved every video, every tip and every bit of advice that Ethan has offered for writing college essays. I took the Essay Writing course for counselors last year and it has helped me tremendously to guide kids to write their deepest stories. The structure of the course has given me so much clarity on the process. I’ve enjoyed going over the brainstorming exercises with the kids and most importantly I’ve made heartfelt connections with every kid while working with through the process. Much gratitude to Ethan and the team of College Essay Guy. Thank you!
Date of experience : 26 March 2020
An investment in your profession and yourself
Ethan's classes aren't just for those new to college essays -- they're great for anyone who's looking to make an impact with students. His simple, easy-to-implement strategies help students find the nuggets of potential topics that might have otherwise been overlooked. And not only does Ethan offer education, he offers community. Through his online and in-person sessions, he's helped me develop relationships with colleagues that last long after the last session ends. If you're on the fence about making the investment in your profession and yourself, just do it. You won't regret it.
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Working with CEG was truly amazing! Their unique approach ensured that my essays reflected my authentic voice and passions. CEG's expertise and commitment to helping me craft beautiful essays shone through their insightful feedback and wise tips. CEG made the daunting task of college essay writing a seamless and rewarding experience. I highly recommend CEG to anyone seeking expert guidance in crafting compelling college essays.
Date of experience : 18 March 2024
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College Counseling and Essay Coaching We can't say enough about our college counseling experience. Our counselor was knowledgeable, understanding, encouraging, and supportive from the very first email. She was responsive to questions and always gave thoughtful comments and sound advice. She was and remains incredibly invested in the process and helped maintain our sanity. Our essay coach set clear expectations for our child and we received an email after each session recapping what had been completed that week and what was to be done for the next session. As parents, we only had the initial meeting with the coach, but we know that our child enjoyed working with the coach and they built a strong rapport in a short time. The most important thing is that the coach held our child accountable to the process, which kept everything moving forward. The entire CEG team is an asset. Immediately from intake, we were offered sound advice that helped shape the entire application process. The team quickly responds to questions and provides many resources that help parents support their students through the very stressful application process. CEG uniquely offers a complete package that supports, educates, and guides both the student and the parents in an authentic and positive way.
Date of experience : 28 February 2024
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Collaborating with CEG's counselor and essay coach was incredibly valuable; they transformed what can often be a daunting and tense process into a seamlessly smooth experience. Working with CEG's counselor took so much of the stress out of the process. Our counselor, Morgan, was always there to offer sound, experienced advice and really walked us through a pretty intense process of applying to several highly competitive schools. Morgan met with us regularly and patiently answered our many questions and gave the best advice. She always responded to our questions with numerous resources and suggestions. We are incredibly grateful for her partnership. My daughter's essay coach was a wonderful coach, who really helped her refine her voice and make her essays stand out in a way that was unique to her. She pushed my daughter when she needed to be pushed, and for that, I am very grateful as it took some of the stress off of our relationship. Ultimately, her coach, Shira, really helped my daughter craft some fantastic essays that (I believe) led her to gain acceptance to a number of fantastic schools. Overall, we are incredibly grateful and wholeheartedly recommend CEG. I'll conclude by saying that their approach, while at first seemed arduous, was absolutely worth the time and effort. Ethan and his team have created a program that's designed to deliver what I believe colleges genuinely want: an essay that is authentic and original; one that distills the essence of the student's experiences and perspectives into a compelling narrative, showcasing their unique voice and insights.
Date of experience : 16 April 2024
I really enjoy all of College Essay Guy's resources! They are so many great tools to use with my students and I find myself referring back to them often! I am already registered for Part 2 of CEG's next course and I am excited to keep learning so I can better help and guide my students during college application process! All I can say is THANK YOU!!!
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Despite the lack of resources offered at my school in Oman, CollegeEssayGuy allowed me to write some essays that I can be proud of. I'm certain that my uni prospects were greatly improved thanks to the College App course and the Personal Statement course. I've highly recommended it to all the grade 11s applying to the US in my school.
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I have read similar books and taken courses from other experts. But Ethan's book and courses are different. He explains clearly and does not provide irrelevant information like other authors that I read before. Ethan's materials helped me build my curriculum. Now my students benefit more from my classes.
So grateful for this resource
There is so much valuable information in the CEG courses. Ethan really breaks things down to the essence of what works and why. His tools and explanations are clear, concise and effective. I am taking the courses for a second time and continuing to have new insights and "aha!" moments that are enhancing my college counseling practice.
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It's easy to love the ideas and resources available to counselors from College Essay Guy. We may know how and what to write in a college essay, but sharing that information in a fluidly coherent way can be complicated when dealing with lots of students. College Essay Guy to the rescue! Ethan breaks it down in small bites for counselors and students and makes sense of the college essay in manageable ways.
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I didn't have time to listen to all your videos, but the pdf handouts and all the printable information was critical to my ability to write what I believe were good or excellent entrance essays. It's hard to know the effect of a poor college entrance essay on the colleges I applied to becuase I got into all the small liberal arts colleges I applied to but the acceptance rate was around 50%. I d,dn't get into the competitive colleges I applied to such as UC Berkeley and UCLA, but my GPA was only a 3.7 from the highly competitive, small private high school I'm coming from. Anyway, thanks for your help, Ethan. Be well, Sharon
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CEG was super helpful with my essays. The mentors were super friendly and they were really good at helping me to brainstorm.
Date of experience : 12 June 2023
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University of California Application Essay
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Supplemental College Essays
College-specific supplemental essays are vital in convincing admissions officers that you have researched what their institution offers and why you will be a great fit for their institution. Detail is incredibly important, as is knowing exactly how to construct an essay that will resonate with that particular school.
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Scholarship Essays
Many merit scholarships require one or more essays asking why you have applied for this scholarship, how your life experience relates to your application, and what you will contribute to campus if successful. Our experts understand what each application requires and how to maximize your chances of success via creative expression.
UCAS Personal Statement
For students applying to top UK universities such as the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, our UK experts understand the nuance of academically and experience driven essays that convince admissions officers that you are dedicated to their university and the qualified to undertake the course you are applying to.
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