Fifteen minutes over Zoom or phone. We want to hear from the student directly — that’s who we’d be working with.
Every essay across the whole school list, counted honestly — most families are surprised by the number.
What’s due when, and when the work needs to start to avoid a November panic. Yours to keep, free.
If it’s a fit, we match your student with a writer and start with the interview. If not, you still have the plan.
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We take a limited number of students per cycle so every writer stays one-on-one. Early birds get first pick of writers.
No — and any service that does is risking your student’s acceptance. Your student writes every word. Our writers interview, coach, and edit the way professional editors work with authors. That’s what makes the essay genuinely theirs — and genuinely good.
It’s roughly one-tenth of one semester at a private college — for the single piece of the application your student fully controls. And it’s the only part of this process your student keeps: they come out a permanently better writer.
Tell us the deadline and we’ll answer honestly. If we can do it properly, we guarantee the date in writing. If we can’t, we’ll say so on the call rather than take your money and rush it.
Yes — the whole engagement works over Zoom, and about half our families are out of state. California families get the bonus of our UC-specific expertise.