How our College Essay Review Services work:
1. Write your college essay
Sit down and take your time writing your college essay. Reflect on the activities you have participated in. Think about major events that have happened in your life. Brainstorm a bunch of ideas and narrow it down. Our team specializes in reviewing the University of California Personal Insight Questions and the Common Application essay. |
2. Read about our Consultants
Read through our Consultant's "About Me" page to learn more about them so you can decide who you want to review your college essay! You can choose any one of the Consultants to review your essay. If you have no preference in which Consultant reviews your essay, you can indicate that as well. |
3. Submit your essay for review
Send us a message via the "Contact Us" form on our website and we will contact you via email regarding payment and next steps. Your chosen Consultant will then review your essay, leave comments throughout, and type a paragraph discussing our overall thoughts and where the essay can go from here. For essay reviews, there is no follow-up call included. |
All essay review and comments will be returned within five (5) business days from receiving your essay and payment. If you have any upcoming deadlines and would need a quicker essay review turnaround, please let us know and we will check with the availability of our Team.
How we Review College Application Essays:
- Holistic Review: Our team will review your application essays and provide holistic and detailed comments. We will comment on your overall message and theme presented throughout your essays.
- Thorough analysis of your story, grammar/vocabulary, and thesis: Our team will review your application essays using our collegiate-level writing experience. As college graduates, our team has succeeded in college-level English and essay-based coursework.
- Paragraph descriptions of how to improve and rethink if needed: Our team will leave comprehensive comments throughout your application essays. We will always compose a multi-paragraph analysis of your essays: what we think you have done well and where we think your essays could be improved. Our team will also leave comments throughout your essays of items you should be focusing on and how to effectively make changes in your essays.
- Putting your best foot forward: Our team will provide feedback regarding your chosen essay topics and how you can best showcase yourself and your accomplishments.
- Subjective and objective suggestions: As always, our team's review and comments on your essays are our opinion, so you are free to make changes to your application essays as you see fit.
How our College & Career Coaching Calls work:
1. Be a student or parent interested in learning about a Consultant
This option is for high school students, college students, or parents who are interested in getting one-on-one advice from a Consultant about their college admissions journey and background. For example, you can talk with a Consultant regarding advice on extracurriculars, academics, the Consultant’s high school and college experience, their major, and how they got to where they are today. Additionally, for those high school juniors or seniors who may need a bit more guidance with the college application process, you can consult one-on-one with a Consultant in order to help brainstorm college essay ideas, create a balanced college list, or even draft an essay thesis! |
2. Read about our Consultants
Read through our Consultant's "About Me" page to learn more about them so you can decide who you would like to have the College & Career Coaching call with. You can choose any one of the Consultants to have a call with. If you have no preference in which Consultant you would like to speak with, you can indicate that as well. |
3. Purchase a 30 Minute or 60 Minute College and Career Coaching Call
Send us a message via the "Contact Us" form on our website and we will contact you via email regarding payment and next steps regarding scheduling a meeting. Via email, we will let you know some dates and times when your chosen Consultant is available for the coming days and week. Through this, you will be able to choose a 30 or 60 minute period to speak with the Consultant. College & Career Coaching calls will take place via Zoom. |
Have any questions that weren't answered? Not sure which college essay review plan or College and Career Coaching Call is right for you? If you are a new client who has never purchased our services before, we offer one complimentary 15-minute consultation, so that you can have any questions answered before working with us. Email us at: contact@shcollegeconsulting.com.