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Our intensives are a real response to this problem: Your college essay writing process should not be stressful, dull, or isolating. Writing with us, you’ll achieve the triple threat of teenage life: be with friends, feel more alive, and gain some skills you can actually use again and again and again.
We offer customized writing support to anyone who is looking to represent themselves in words towards a personally meaningful goal. What story will you tell? How will you tell it? Does your writing meet the requirements of what you're being asked to do?
If you are being genuine you will automatically stand out because there is only one of you in the pool. We are looking for what makes you special and if you write an authentic and thoughtful essay about yourself, we will uncover just that.
-- Brown University, Prospects & Providence
Everything That Happens to You & Prompts
As a writing teacher, I find well-meaning cliched responses like “Everything that happens to you is for a reason” are born of other people’s discomfort with our discomfort. They are hard to stomach too. So I suggested a revision: what if you said to them (and yourself), “Everything that happens to you…is for art?”
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Math and Talking About Feelings
Math and I are old Frenemies. We whisper about each other behind each other’s backs– word problems indeed. In this area, it’s hard to talk about my feelings– where they came from, how gendered they might be.
Maybe you can relate, or maybe you can’t; maybe numbers make you feel confident, like whatever is quantifiable is also manageable. Maybe you love equations more than, say, a great burrito. For a moment, I’m looking at the other side of the story.
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My time with Sara was amazing and and beneficial to my writing skills. She challenged me to add more juice and style to my writing. Each detail I put in my personal statement I was asked questions about. It was as if she was guiding me in peeling an onion to its center. Each evening she would sit with me listening as I expressed my thoughts to her. She became my pencil that helped converts my thoughts into words on paper. Each email sent was words of encouragement and cheer that uplifted my spirit. This motivated me to continue writing every time I got writer’s block. I found a reason to be happy about my writing instead of being ashamed of it. I appreciate the time and dedication Sara spent working on my essay with me because it helped me get admission to the schools I was interested in attending. I was able to find my voice, use my words, and tell my story because of Sara’s assistance.
--Joel, Cornel University, Class of 2019
When I started the college process the one thing that I was really sure of was that I never wanted to try to fit who I was into who I thought colleges wanted me to be. When it came to my personal statement, I was adamant about not forcing the events that have shaped my high school experience to seem presentable and neat. Because they had not been and I felt like I owed everyone involved with the college process as close to a true representation of myself as I could manage. Sara not only aided my and guided me through this process, but she encouraged my writing to be raw and lyrical in the ways I thought it should be. Writing with Sara not only helped with my college process, but also with my writing and thinking processes.
--Antonia, Scripps College, Class of 2021
Sara was a true delight to work with! She guided us and our daughter in the essay preparation process, and helped us manage deadlines, always allowing our daughter to be in full command. Sara brought out the best in our daughter's essays, while fully respecting her voice and her style. Thank you Sara! You are very talented! We are always happy and delighted to serve as a reference.
--Grateful Family in Scarsdale, NY, Parents of T, Class of 2019
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