The written portions of your college application, such as the main personal statement, supplemental essays, activities list, and résumé, carry the special cadence of your voice straight to admission committees. These mediums allow you to express your identity and accentuate your values with heartfelt authenticity, potentially transforming you from a typical candidate into a memorable and highly competitive one.

As a writing specialist, I will show you how to use these mediums to your utmost advantage.

• I will help you speak directly to admission readers with clear, animated, emotionally-charged language...language that sounds like you.
• I will assist you in editing your college essays so that they contain the most impactful elements of the stories you want to tell.
• I will scrutinize your prose to catch and correct the smallest of stylistic and grammatical errors, ensuring that you present yourself as thoughtful, detail-oriented, and serious about your future.​

I am not an "all-in-one" college admission counselor. I focus on guiding students like you through the final months leading up to application season, the stretch of the college admission process that often requires hours of creative energy, reflection, revision, and fine-tuning. This part of the journey also offers you generous control -- just when you happen to be entering the most mature and wise stage of your life -- and my goal is to empower you to take it.

At this point in your high school career, you can't go back in time. You can't change the grades on your transcript. You can't change whether a certain teacher "was out to get you" (they most likely weren't, by the way!). You can't change your choice to not join a particular club, or to watch Netflix over fulfilling twenty more service hours. But you still have the opportunity to carefully, imaginatively, and persuasively write yourself into vivacious life on the page in order to craft the most compelling college application possible.

I look forward to working with you!