1-on-1 Coaching
WOW essay plan
Get to WOW in four phases
1 – Spill your guts
The things you love, things you would never do again, your big hairy dreams and your tiny pleasures – we mine your life in the first session until the golden topic reveals itself.
2 – Learn from the best
We study hand-picked essays that beat the odds at your top schools, looking for critical strategies in story telling, humor, structure and original thinking. We generate your own craft arsenal to make your essay sing and map your story onto it.
3 – Write your brains out
We blaze several drafts, refining and sharpening at each pass (and eating lots of snacks) until we have a piece of writing that shows your love of learning and true self.
4 – Trim and polish
Stressed about word count? I got you. I take my essay ninja skills to your final draft and polish it to glinting – helping your voice stand out for all to admire.
Get personalized guidance at every stage of the essay-writing process to make your application rise to the top. Finish your WOW essay in four to six sessions. Finish your supplements in three to five.
WOW Essay Bootcamp
Get your WOW essay done in one week and save on 1-on-1 coaching. Have fun with other seniors from all over the country (and lots of snacks). Click one of the buttons below to find out when the next one is happening.
The WOW approach
Rather than a grueling, erudite self-promotion pitch, your college essay offers you an opportunity to connect to your deepest Want, your Original voice, and your Wisdom (self reflection) – your WOW – and share it in writing. Most competitive universities now base 50% of admissions on what you write in application essays. I have helped countless students craft a WOW essay and have watched them get into their top choice school – not because they bragged about themselves or tried to prove how smart they were – but because they dug deep in themselves and told a unique, personal story that showed their maturity and drive to grow. Admissions officers are shoveling through applications to find this kind of student. They have names for these rare finds: the autonomous learner, the ethical student, the citizen student – someone who will use their school like their own backyard, their own lab, engage with teachers and students and forge their own education. Transcripts and test scores won’t show them that. The essay is where you WOW them.