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“Emily showed us the data, but (more importantly) helped us figure our our priorities, which helped us choose between Penn and Duke when our daughter was fortunate enough to be accepted to both. We are so happy and excited for her next four years at Duke, and Emily’s guidance was instrumental in helping us get there.”

- C.M., parent

“I think my daughter told you– she was accepted to UT Austin and University of Virginia!! We are so, so happy with how this has turned out. Thank you so much for your support!”

- K.H., parent 

“Thank you so much for guiding our daughter (“I”) through the essay process. We knew going into this that the writing was going to be a challenge, but we are so thrilled by I’s growth and by the final essays. Watching her confidence grow as you went through this process was incredible. Her dad and I appreciated that her sense of humor came through in the essays too!” 

- J.K., parent 

“Emily’s essay support was invaluable. We suspect that C’s essays were the deciding factor in her Cornell and Michigan acceptances– THANK YOU!!” 

- L.W., parent 

"As a high school senior, the college application process was stressful and I often felt overwhelmed. Emily was an amazing counselor who not only improved my supplements and essay but also provided assurance and made me feel more comfortable about the college process as a whole. While working with Emily, she was able to make edits on her own time allowing for us to really focus and finalize my writing when we met via zoom. I would definitely recommend that other high schoolers beginning their application journey reach out to Emily." 

- S.D., student

“Working with Emily was a gift to my family and an investment in my relationship with my son. Knowing that he would have his applications in before deadlines allowed me and my husband to relax and enjoy J’s senior year without nagging him.” 

- T.M., parent 

“Emily is such a wonderful tutor who we highly recommend. She worked with my 13 year old son on SHSAT prep as well as high school essay prep. My son was engaged in all his sessions. As a parent I appreciated Emily’s detailed emails explaining what they were working on, how my son was doing as well as concrete work for him to do.” 

- S.P., parent 

“We wanted to thank you again for all of your help and guidance these months! It was such a peace of mind to have a schedule and to have everything done in advance, and for that we are so grateful. Having the prize of getting into Emory was of course great, but we knew things would work out if it didn't because she was ready.”

- J.C., parent 

“We are very happy with how you helped D with all of her applications. D really loved working with you and so far she is 2/2 on acceptances. Bravo to you for keeping stress controlled.” 

- D.B., parent 

“My son seems very happy with his options and he is making his decisions on his own. As a parent, I am very happy that he is becoming more independent. He told us that he could not have done college apps without you, so thank you for that.” 

- C.L., parent 

“Wanted to extend a huge thanks to you for your help with A’s SAT work and his essay. I believe he reached out to you to let you know that he got into Williams ED! So exciting for him!! You were a blessing in this whole process and I’m so grateful to you. (And E.R. has said that her son M has loved working with you as well. I think I mentioned that.)”

- K.M., parent 

“J never listened to me or my husband, so having you there to help him was a god send. Thank you for not giving up on him– we know he’s not the easiest kid. He cannot wait to attend University of Vermont in the fall and we are thrilled that he received a substantial scholarship.” 

- A.R., parent 

“I really appreciate all Emily did with my son. Emily made this process stress-free for me and my husband. We don’t yet know where S will attend, but we are very happy with his options.”

- A.B., parent 

“I was nervous that M’s essays would be cookie cutter, but Emily asked just the right questions to bring out her personality. Thank you for helping her improve her ideas and execution without erasing her voice.” 

- L.W., parent 

“Your edits made my daughter’s essay much more coherent. She was very happy with the final product, which increased her confidence in applying. She did get in to USC, but we just found out that she also got in to WashU, so now she has a decision to make. We will keep you updated and thank you again.” 

- C.E., parent 

“Emily helped my son find schools with good engineering programs, brainstorm and edit his essays. I cannot believe how much she knows about colleges. I only wish we had known about her for our older son. Oh well!”

- E.R., parent

“Even though we had been researching places for well over a year before we met you, working with you really made us feel good about the decisions we were making. Thank you!”

- J.V., parent

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* Student and parent names have been replaced with initials for privacy