College Essay Guy for Schools & Organizations

We bring more ease, joy, and purpose to the college admission process.

We partner with schools ond organizations in a variety of ways. Whether you’re looking for student workshops, professional development, curriculum, or consulting, we’ve got you.

 

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How we support schools & organizations

Free
Resources

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Professional Development &
Student Workshops

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College & Career Readiness Curriculum

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Consulting
Services

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Free Resources

Google anything related to college admissions and chances are you’ll see a resource we’ve created.

Here are some of our most popular:

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College Application Hub

  • Essay examples
  • Brainstorming exercises
  • Supplemental essay guides & more

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Podcast

  • Industry-leading experts
  • Building your college list
  • Behind the scenes of an admission office

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YouTube Channel

  • Essay tips
  • Application advice
  • Interview guidance & more

Professional Development Workshops for Teachers and Counselors

We offer a wide range of professional development sessions specifically for counselors and teachers—choose from our menu, or let us curate the right series of sessions for your team.

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  • Learn what happens after a student submits their college application
  • Help students write better essays and applications
  • Created by a former admissions officer
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  • How to help students brainstorm and structure
  • Providing feedback that’s useful, actionable, and kind
  • Ready-to-go resources and templates you can use right away
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  • Values-based approach
  • Save students 20+ hours on their applications
  • How to stand out on the Activities List
  • Maximizing the Additional Information section
  • Ready-to-go templates you can use right away
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  • Written by a former admissions officer and junior/senior high school English teacher
  • Tips for counselors and teachers at various school types with different caseloads and needs
  • Increase students’ chances of acceptances with new advocacy strategies
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  • Learn the UC’s comprehensive review process and evaluation approach
  • Help students understand the difference between PIQs and other college writing responses
  • Ready-to-go resources and templates you can use right away

 

Done-for-You Private Summer Boot Camps

In these private, in-person sessions, your students will create solid outlines or drafts of their Common App and personal statement.

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  • Save time in the fall
  • Slower, more immersive pace
  • Specifically designed to complement school summer school schedules
  • 1-Week, 4-Week, and 8-Week Options

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Private Workshops for Students

Check out the workshop options below. If you see something you like, fill out a request form below.

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  • What is the personal statement?
  • What are colleges looking for?
  • Practical, values-based brainstorming exercises and writing strategies
  • Q&A
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  • How to guide students from brainstorming to drafting
  • Essay structures any student can use
  • Successful example essays
  • Q&A
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  • How to help an essay stand out
  • Live feedback on student-submitted outlines from a trained CEG essay specialist
  • Next steps
  • Q&A
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  • Maximizing the impact of your Common App
  • Up-leveling Activities Lists and Additional Information sections
  • Entice (and not annoy) admissions officers with best Common App practices
  • Q&A
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  • Save 20+ hours with simple, effective strategies
  • Guidance on some of the most popular supplemental essays: “Why Us,” “Why Major,” Extracurricular Activity, and more)
  • Q&A
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  • The role PIQs play in the UC’s Comprehensive Review process
  • Selecting the best PIQ topics based on individual student experiences
  • Brainstorming exercises to kickstart the PIQ writing process
  • Moving from brainstorming to outlining and drafting
  • Making PIQs more specific, insightful, and valuable to UC admission readers
  • Students receive live feedback on their PIQs from a trained CEG essay specialist
  • Q&A

Add on: Speed Sessions

In Speed Sessions, students will be able to meet one-on-one with an experienced College Essay Guy coach to review topics or drafts. Sessions may be broken up into 15, 20, or 30 minute meetings.

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College and Career Readiness Curriculum

Prepare your students for college and the job market by helping them discover who they are and tell their story. This fully customizable curriculum combines exercises and lessons that teachers and counselors can use with individuals or groups.

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CEG Curriculum includes:

  • Curriculum license
  • 20 flexible lesson plans
  • Editable Google Slides that correspond to the lessons
  • Teacher’s guide/workbook
  • Printable and digital study workbook
  • Access to the CEG video exercises and concepts

Perfect for English teachers, AVID classes, homeschooling, advisories, College Career Planning Classes, summer school, and more

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Consulting

Elevate your team’s college counseling skills with personalized coaching from our team of admission experts (starting at $3,000)

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Feedback on current + past student applications and essays

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Audit of your college counseling process + targeted recommendations

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Practical and expert tips on how to provide effective feedback on personal and supplemental essays

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Please fill out the form below to contact our team about workshops and educational opportunities for your school or organization.