Put Your Essays to Work Toward Your College Dreams
Why Work with an Essay Coach?
Your personal essays play a key role in your college admissions application. They give colleges a valuable window into who you are as an individual.
Used strategically and written thoughtfully, your personal statement and supplemental essays can make your application standout from the crowd. Among a sea of similar-sounding applications, your essays can reflect who you are on a deeper level. This increases not only your odds of acceptance, but also your likelihood of enrolling at a college that is an ideal fit for you.
But writing these essays can feel overwhelming amidst an already daunting application process. Fear not!
I’m here to be your steadfast guide in the writing process. I’ll challenge you to ask yourself tough questions, edit with discernment, and make uncommon connections.
The result? Essays imbued with depth, clarity, and originality.
About Amye
I love getting to know my students and helping them leverage the power of writing in pursuit of their college ambitions. I hold an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia College Chicago and an MA in Religion from Yale University, where I was a Marquand Scholar and Yale President’s Public Service Fellow. Before attending Yale, I earned a BA in Spanish from Transylvania University in my home state of Kentucky.
Language has always fascinated me. I have had an active writing practice for decades, and my personal essay “Chest Percussions” for Image was selected as notable by Best American Essays 2018. After fourteen years working in higher education, including teaching undergraduate writing, I discovered essay coaching perfectly combined my love of creative nonfiction writing, experience in academia, and desire to work one-on-one with students.
In 2023, I began working as a college essay specialist for College Essay Guy (CEG), the most trusted resource for college admissions support. I continue to coach through CEG as well as through my private coaching practice. My students have been accepted to many great institutions, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, American University, Boston College, Boston University, Fordham, GWU, Georgia Tech, Northwestern, NYU, Purdue, School of the Art Institute, Texas A&M, UC San Diego, UNC, UT Austin, Vanderbilt, Villanova, and Virginia Tech. Just as important, my students have expressed deep pride in how their college essays capture both who they are and who they aspire to be.
Essay Coaching Packages
Get expert guidance through every step of the writing process (ideation, outlining, drafting, revising, & polishing), project management support to hit those application deadlines, and personalized 1-on-1 coaching sessions.
Virtual coaching sessions typically take place weekly, but can occur more or less frequently as needed.
All students receiving essay coaching will learn how to identify and draft supplemental essay topics that can expand or contract to fit multiple schools’ applications. For this reason, most families select a 3- or 6-school package even if their student is applying to far more colleges. A key difference between these essay coaching packages and traditional essay editing services is that students will learn how to think strategically, create a well-rounded application, pull from their reservoir of supplemental essays, and adapt them to different schools.
3-School/Program Package
Includes:
- Common App Personal Statement
- Supplemental Essays for Each Selected School/Program* (approx. 5-10)
- Common App Activities & Honors List
- Common App Additional Info
- Common App Challenges & Circumstances Section
$2,600
6-School/Program Package
Includes:
- Common App Personal Statement
- Supplemental Essays for Each Selected School/Program* (approx. 8-12)
- Common App Activities & Honors List
- Common App Additional Info
- Common App Challenges & Circumstances Section
$3,200
10-School/Program Package
- Common App Personal Statement
- Supplemental Essays for Each Selected School/Program* (approx. 15-20)
- Common App Activities & Honors List
- Common App Additional Info
- Common App Challenges & Circumstances Section
$4,000
Additional Schools or Programs
- Add an Additional School/Program* to Your Existing Package
+$400
*The University of California (UC) application counts as 2 schools/programs due to the lengthy application and specialized approach it requires. Application to some universities’ specialized/honors programs requires additional supplemental essays beyond the standard undergraduate admissions application, resulting in that program counting as a separate school in the essay coaching package. As a general rule, if the honors/specialized program requires additional supplemental essays with a total of 400 or more words, it will count as a separate program/school.
Need More Support?
Reach out to College Essay Guy and request me as your coach. For an additional cost, they offer college counseling and multi-staff reviews of your application alongside my great essay coaching.
Need Less Support?
See the Application Review Packages below.
Need Free Support?
Apply to CEG’s Matchlighters Scholars Program, through which I also coach. Highly motivated students from low-income households can work with an experienced college essay coach at absolutely no cost.
Application Review Packages
Get expert feedback on your application before you press “submit.” Select one-time or three-tiered feedback to best suit your budget and revision/submission timeline.
Please note that Application Review Packages do not include virtual meetings or application project management support.
One-Time Application Review
Receive a comprehensive review of your Common App and Supplemental Essays for up to 3 Schools/Programs
within 4 business days.
Includes in-document and video feedback detailing line edits, strategic recommendations, and upleveling opportunities for:
- Common App Personal Statement
- Common App Activities & Honors List
- Common App Additional Info
- Common App Challenges & Circumstances Section
- Supplemental Essays for up to 3 schools/programs*
$950
Three-Tiered Application Review
Receive three sequential reviews of your Common App and Supplemental Essays for up to 3 Schools/Programs. This thoughtfully designed, three-stage evaluation provides you with an opportunity to create an application strategy, integrate prior feedback, and refine your execution. Students will receive each review within 4 business days of receipt.
Each review includes in-document and video feedback on the development of your:
- Common App Personal Statement
- Common App Activities & Honors List
- Common App Additional Info
- Common App Challenges & Circumstances Section
- Supplemental Essays for up to 3 schools/programs*
1st Review: Big-Picture Assessment and Application Strategy
2nd Review: Essay Structure and “Admissions Nutrients”
3rd Review: Writing Refinement and Final Upleveling Opportunities
$1,300
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