Statement Guru

Say you have a draft of your admissions essay written, then what? The Writing Center on campus only suggests surface-level changes on it. Your mom loves it, but then again, she loves everything you do. Your friends say it’s pretty good, and they have no ideas for how you can make it better. Do you submit it as-is? Do you second-guess yourself and start making potentially counter-productive modifications? OR do you send it to me for Draft Feedback? With this service, I will read your draft and write up an in-depth critique (700-800 words) that pinpoints your essay’s deficiencies. This document is all you need to transform your draft into a masterful essay.

Your thesis statement works flawlessly, your structure is in place, your essay engages its readers. Do you send it off? Or do you make it EVEN BETTER? At this point, there’s not a whole lot of wiggle room, but a well-executed polish can positively impact the essay’s clarity and readability. My Polish service covers spelling, grammar and sentence structure without sacrificing any of your ideas and your point-of-view.

It should come to no surprise to you that finding the perfect essay topic is the single-most important step in the essay creation process. Yet it’s also the most neglected step. This is because most applicants don’t know how to brainstorm. And even if they did, the ability to go from idea to thesis statement to outline is still a vexing task. With my Brainstorm Clinic service, I will conduct a two-hour interview with you over Skype (in-person available for Los Angeles residents). During this session, I will help you discover your perfect essay topic. Then, with this topic in mind, I will write up and send you a Follow-Up Outline that will give you paragraph-to-paragraph instructions of what information to include when you’re writing the draft. With the Brainstorm Clinic, the concept done is done. The structure done. You just need to add words.

With the Essay Edit service, you put your draft in my expert hands. I will meticulously revise your essay, fixing problems regarding its structure, tone, flow and syntax in the process. This service is performed as non-invasively as possible, so the integrity of your ideas and the cadences of your voice remain intact. Thanks to my extensive screenwriting background, I am very adept at adapting my writing to suit different voices, including yours.

The Start-to-Finish tutoring service gives you the best Statement Guru has to offer. It combines all of my other services (Brainstorm Clinic + Draft Feedback + Essay Edit + Polish) at a $197 discount! Using Skype and e-mail (in-person available to Los Angeles residents), I will personally guide you through the ENTIRE essay-writing process, from conception to final draft. My Start-to-Finish service will give you tremendous peace of mind about this vital part of your application, as you will be working directly with someone [me] who has successfully guided applicants through this process dozens of times.

I will fly to you, and we will spend every day implementing focused versions of all my packages to ensure you are left with the essay of your dreams. The one that will get you into the college of your dreams.