• American University, Washington College of Law

• American University, Graduate School of International Service

• Boston College

• Boston University

• Brown University

• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

• Carnegie Mellon University

• Cambridge University (England)

• Case Western Reserve University

• Chapman University

• University of Chicago, Graduate Program, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

• College of Charleston

• University of Colorado, Boulder

• Columbia University, Graduate Program, Middle Eastern Studies

• Columbia University, Teacher’s College, Graduate Program, Psychology

• Cornell University

• Drexel University, Thomas R. Kline School of Law

• Duke University

• Emory University

• Georgetown University

• Georgetown University, Graduate Program, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies

• George Mason University

• George Washington University

• Georgia Institute of Technology

• Harvard College

• Harvard University, Graduate Program, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

• Johns Hopkins University

• Juniata College

• Loyola University Chicago School of Law

• University of Maryland, College Park

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

• New York University

• Northeastern University

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• Northwestern University

• Oberlin College

• Occidental College

• Ohio State University

• University of Pennsylvania

• Pratt Institute

• Princeton University

• Rice University

• University of Richmond

• University of San Francisco

• University of Santa Clara

• Scripps College

• Seton Hall University

• Seton Hall University School of Law

• University of Southern California

• Southern Methodist University

• St. John’s University

• St. Louis University School of Law

• Stanford University

• Stevens Institute of Technology

• Syracuse University

• University of Texas, Austin

• Tufts University

• Tulane University School of Law

• Vanderbilt University

• University of Virginia

• Wake Forest University

• Washington University in St. Louis

• University of Washington

• College of William and Mary

• University of Wisconsin, Madison

• Yale University

Ethan Sawyer is an internationally recognized college essay expert and sought-after speaker.

Each year he helps thousands of students and counselors through his online courses, workshops, articles, books, and products. His book, College Essay Essentials, is currently the #1 best-selling book on college essays worldwide.

A graduate of Northwestern University, Ethan holds an MFA from UC Irvine and two counseling certificates. He lives in Los Angeles with his beautiful wife, Veronica, and their amazing daughter, Zola.

Christine (she/her) is a former professor (Mills College, Macalester College, and UC-Davis) and high school English teacher who has also been an independent college and graduate school admissions consultant for 20+ years. She is passionate about helping high school students find and narrate what makes them tick, no matter how bizarre or how traditional. Students she has coached on the personal essay have been accepted to every single Ivy, Seven Sister, and top 10 liberal arts college & university in the U.S. (although she maintains a strong critique of the rankings system). Born in Miami to parents from Tennessee and Mississippi, Christine was the first in the family to cross the Mason Dixon line for college. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Smith College with a BA in English and completed her MA at the University of Toronto, and taught English lit in a prep school in Coconut Grove. Realizing that a university setting might be a better match, she completed her PhD in the interdisciplinary History of Consciousness Board at the University of California/Santa Cruz. Her extracurricular activities include cats, 1920s culture, turning simple dinner plans into ridiculously complicated 8-course gourmet feasts that require buying entirely unnecessary kitchen gadgets, and more cats. She splits her time between Miami Beach and Berlin.

1-SCHOOL
Complete Package
$5,500

3 SCHOOL
Complete package
$8,250

6-SCHOOL Complete Package
$10,500

Statement of purpose
$4,000

The Statement of Purpose is your prime opportunity to make an impression on the admissions committee. It is critical to narrate a compelling story that makes it seem inevitable that your next step in life is this particular degree at this particular school. In this package, we provide support on:

• Foregrounding your academic strengths

• Researching the department and professors

• Researching programs, centers, institutes, archives, and labs

• Brainstorming how to make your story and theirs come together

• Outlining, Drafting, Revising, and Polishing

Along the way, we offer time-saving tips and information about common pitfalls to avoid. We teach you how to think like one of the professors or committee members who might be reading your application.

What’s included: This service includes up to 12 hours of coach support through a strategic planning session, Zoom consultations, document development, drafting, and revisions by a graduate essay expert knowledgeable in your field.

School-specific supplemental essays
$1,000

Many degrees require an additional essay or two. This service includes a planning session designed to highlight your accomplishments, skills, and experiences without repeating material from your primary essay.

Example supplemental essays may include diversity statements, policy analysis, pedagogical philosophy, optional supplemental essays, and others specific to the degree program you are targeting.

We walk you through the brainstorming, outlining, drafting, and revising process and ensures your essays are packed with powerful anecdotes, examples, and images that reinforce your strength as a candidate. If you are required to produce a specific kind of statement (e.g., pedagogical philosophy, policy analysis), we’ll teach you about that genre and guarantee your piece meets professional standards.

What’s included: This service includes two face-to-face meetings and two complete rounds of revision with detailed commentary by your essay coach.

1. You (the student) complete 2-3 hrs of pre-work that includes a college preferences questionnaire, a Myers-Briggs personality assessment, plus brainstorming exercises for personal statement, Resume and Additional Info section. Once these are complete, you share them with Kim, along with your transcript, test scores, and preliminary list of schools (if available).

2. Kim reviews what you’ve sent and emails you to schedule an initial 90-minute session.

3. In that initial session, Kim reviews your transcript to discuss any inconsistencies, reviews your resume to determine if you are presenting yourself in the best way possible, discusses your LSAT scores and needs (i.e. whether to retake or not, and when), recommendation letters (both academic and professional), strategy for the personal statement, and school preferences.

4. Kim then gets to work developing your preliminary college list based on the information you’ve shared. Two to three days later she shares the preliminary list in a 30-minute follow-up Skype session, and provides you all the resources you’ll need to continue developing the list. Once that’s done

5. You meet as many times as needed with Ethan to write the personal statement. During this time, Kim and Ethan  meet weekly to discuss your progress. Once your personal statement is in good shape:

6. You meet with Kim to review all components to make any needed adjustments until you have total confidence before you click “submit.” Then you breathe a sigh of relief. Because it's done.