College Essays |
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College Admissions and Graduate School Essay or Personal Statement |
| Writing a Great College Admissions Essay: Bring Your Writing to Life! You have anywhere from 150 to 1,000 words to convey outstanding aspects of your character and experience not visible in your grades, your test scores, your extracurricular pursuits. Distinguish yourself with a memorable essay that engages the reader from the first sentence, and shows intellectual vitality and creativity – qualities that will ensure you stand out from the crowd. In this tutorial you’ll learn writing strategies for a lifetime. We jumpstart the process with strategic exercises that help you identify and produce compelling, original material, including your strengths, passions, achievements, areas of leadership, academic areas of interest, possible career goals, unique experiences and challenges that you’ve overcome. We select relevant material and develop your essay. Outstanding essayists are often selected for merit-based scholarships. |
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College Admissions Essay or Personal Statement - Private Coaching and Tutorial |
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Package One: Jumpstarting Your College Admissions Essay: $250.00 for 2.5 hours |
| Students bring the college or university topic(s) or question(s), word limit or length, at least three-four weeks prior to deadline. We jumpstart the process with strategic exercises and intake, to identify compelling, relevant material, including your strengths, passions, achievements, areas of leadership, academic areas of interest, possible career goals, unique experiences and challenges that you’ve overcome. From this, we narrow the topic by selecting the most relevant material to rough out your essay(s). |
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Package Two: Writing a Great College Application Essay. Complete! $90.00 per hour |
| The process is extremely efficient and effective. We complete the entire writing process -- from mining engaging, relevant material to polishing completed essays -- in approx 6-8 hours per college. This includes one-two hours of intake, three-four hours of writing, and approximately two hours of revision. Colleges may request up to three long essays and several short essays. I also help students reshape essays for multiple submissions. The outcome: Your story, your voice, and essay(s) that engages the reader from the first sentence and continues to demonstrate intellectual vitality, creativity and uniqueness – qualities that will help you succeed. |
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Package Three: Revising and Editing Your College Admissions Essay: $90.00 per hour |
| You email your rough draft essay to me, or we meet in person. Your choice. I read your work and offer substantive feedback (revision and editing), both on the paper and in summary at the end, offering suggestions on how to make it great, while making sure that it remains your story, and your voice. We then review my suggestions —in person or by phone. We agree on a target date for you to complete final copy. I review final copy. |
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Call today for priority scheduling! |
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Blue Sage Writing Advisory Board |
| Sherry Mottl Smith, Glenview |
Former Artistic Director, Live Marketing, Inc.
Recent Director of Marketing & Business Development , Mottl & Smith Office Products |
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| Karen Sloan Keane, Wilmette |
Independent Clothing Rep, mother of four
Former Computer Analyst, Sears |
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| Susan Rosen Sternberg, Palatine |
Jewelry Design
Former Computer Analyst, Motorola; former Realtor, Prudential |
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| Jeff D. Merrell, Evanston |
Associate Director, Master's Program in Learning and Organizational Change, Northwestern University
M.S. Learning and Organizational Change, Northwestern University
MBA, Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management |
