Brainstorming, outlining, and editing multiple drafts of the main Common App essay plus the same steps for two supplemental essays.

The Common App allows up to 650 words while most college’s specific supplemental prompts call for 250 to 300 words.

Katherine will interview your child to determine the experiences, characteristics, challenges and successes that will make their essay stand out. 

She’ll work with the student to research schools they are applying to and help them show how their background and goals will impact the campus.

She uses her decades as a reporter to pinpoint the experiences that provide content for very general or specific essay prompts.

Her editing process teaches students lasting skills for clear, compelling writing.

Katherine will work with you child on the Common App as well as all supplemental essays for each school in their sights.

The Common App allows up to 650 words while most college’s specific prompts call for 250 to 300 words. Essay prompts range from school specific to open-ended.

Katherine will help your child research schools to determine why their background and goals are a good match, then make that clear in essays.

She also uses her decades as a reporter to pinpoint your student’s experiences that provide content for both overly general or very specific essay topics.

Her editing process teaches students lasting skills for clear and compelling writing that they will use going forward.

Pay as you go for what you need.

Some students may need help figuring out which Common App essay topic is best for the story they want to tell. Then they can take it from there.

Others just need a final read and help cutting 50 words before they hit “Submit.”

Or Katherine can take them through the whole process — brainstorming, detailed outlining and editing multiple drafts — on one or more essays. Many clients choose to pay by the hour instead of choosing a package.