To better understand my process and prices, please contact me for a video/phone consultation. I don’t discuss essays on pricing/service consultations. That service can be found under coaching/essay reviews/consultations.
As the college application season progresses, time management becomes crucial to this process. I may send reminders as a courtesy, but it is ultimately up to the applicant/client to manage their calendars and other responsibilities. When applicants are late in submitting essays for edits or reviews, it creates friction points in my schedule and workflow.
It is imperative that applicants/clients understand that I rigidly enforce deadlines.
Any work that comes in after an agreed-upon deadline will incur a $500 fee for each project, and missed appointments will incur full billing for my time.
ALL PACKAGES MUST BE PAID IN FULL, IN ADVANCE.
Anything submitted 7 or fewer days before a deadline will be charged at 2x the rates below.
Anything requiring my attention on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas or New Year’s Eve will be charged at 4x the rates below.
ChatGPT/LLM/AI Policy: Don’t.
I will not work with clients who use ChatGPT or other LLMs (Claude etc) to draft their essays. And yes, I can tell. So can every admissions officer in the game. If you’re tempted to use it, talk to me first. I can teach you how to write these things, and, more importantly, you can learn to write them. Writing is just a skill set. It can be acquired.
Edits:
Prices are also applicable to summer programs, graduate school (MBA, law), and medical school personal statements.
$700 flat rate essay edit for one school or Common App Personal Statement (CAPS)
$2000 3 schools (or two schools + Common App Personal Statement)
$3000 5 schools (or four schools + Common App Personal Statement)
Contact for other rates/packages.
Online or in-person coaching/essay reviews/consultations* (no edits):
This has been simplified. Coaching covers everything from Common App Personal Statement topic brainstorming, supplemental essay prompt breakdowns, and everything else related to college and graduate school application essays. Essay reviews are exactly what they sound like: I’ll go over your essay(s) with you and tell you what’s working, what’s not working, and, more importantly, how to change it to make it better. What I will not do is send you a copy of your essay littered with notes and commentary: that creates needless piles of correspondence, late night emails, and learned helplessness. There are plenty of mediocre college consultants who seem happy to do that.
$100 initial/introductory consultation: no specific essay advice. This is for prospective clients only.
$600 per hour: online coaching or essay review session, edits done with students during session, if requested.
Please note that most students need about two hours for a full review of a school’s suite of supplemental essays.
Online or in-person coaching/consultation + edit packages:
I changed this after realizing that some students require more than one coaching session to figure out an essay.
$1300 1 coaching session and edit for 1 school (or the CAPS)
$3000 3 coaching sessions and edits for 2 schools (or CAPS + 1 school)
$4250 5 coaching sessions and edits for 3 schools (or CAPS + 2 schools)
$8000 10 coaching sessions and edits for 6 schools (or CAPS + 5 schools)
Other packages priced on request.
Custom coaching consultation/edit packages:
If it’s not here, I can price it on request.
Retainer packages (1 – 6 months):
$30,000 per month, per applicant (parents of twins, take note). Edits for 20 schools, Coaching 3 days a week (MWF or per discussion) for 4 weeks. Must be scheduled two weeks ahead of requested date.
For international clients seeking in-person visits, any travel and lodging must be covered by client along with $300 per diem in addition to monthly charge.
Other Work:
For my rates on other types of work – executive messaging, speechwriting, ghost writing, screenwriting, script doctoring, marketing, copywriting, editing etc. – please contact me with a detailed description of the project and your needs. You may also visit my portfolio site here (please note, there are no examples of college essays on my portfolio).