- FREE LIVE WEBINAR
CEG’s Big Counselor Resource Drop: Tools Your Students Can Use This Week
- Wednesday, September 9th
- 4-5 PM PST/7-8 PM EST
- Can't make it live? A recording will be available within 1–2 business days.
Join us for a free live webinar where Ethan Sawyer (College Essay Guy himself) and former admission officer and senior college counselor Tillie Gottlieb open up the CEG resource vault and take you on a fast-moving, interactive tour through our newest tools for high school counselors (the ones that go way beyond the college essay).
We’ll cover:
- An updated (and fully editable!) Google Slides database covering everything from rec letters to list-building
- A brand-new exercise toolkit for helping 9th and 10th graders explore who they are
- Thoughtful, practical ways to use AI to make your workday easier
- Where to find the weirdly specific, immediately useful goodies you didn’t know we had
- How to put it all to work right away (you’ll leave with a comprehensive resource packet)
Our Facilitators
Ethan Sawyer
Founder • College Essay Guy
Ethan Sawyer is the founder of College Essay Guy which means he has been eating/sleeping/breathing college essays for most of his waking hours since 2003. He is an internationally recognized college essay and admissions expert and the author of the Amazon bestsellers College Essay Essentials and College Admission Essentials.
Each year he and his team reach more than one million students and counselors through the College Essay Guy blog, online pay-what-you-can courses, workshops, books, and one-on-one work. Receiving his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in Performance Studies, an MFA in Acting from UC Irvine, and two counseling certificates, Ethan’s educational experiences, reading, and training have informed his deep interest in storytelling as a vehicle for personal development and growth, which in turn inspired Ethan to start College Essay Guy.
Tillie Gottlieb
Senior College Counselor · College Essay Guy
With 15+ years of experience, Tillie brings a global, insider perspective to college admissions, with a background spanning admissions, elite boarding schools, private counseling in Southeast Asia, and leadership as a Co-Director of College Counseling in the Bay Area.
She’s helped students get into top colleges nationwide—but more importantly, she helps them build applications that actually make sense and feel like them. Tillie specializes in guiding students—especially in STEM, business, social sciences, and the arts—toward clear, cohesive, and compelling stories.
Known for her sharp eye, deep listening, and sense of humor, she makes a high-stakes process feel a lot more manageable. Filmmaker, former ballet dancer, game show competitor, and guac enthusiast—she brings both creativity and real talk to the process.
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