Real College Essays: Berkeley PhDs Specializing in College Essay Coaching

Real College Essays helps college applicants write compelling, effective admissions essays.

The application process is daunting for many students. Writing is challenging, but the stakes only get higher when you have to come up with a narrative about yourself. Drawing on our background as Berkeley PhDs, we help students overcome their fears and lead them through every step of the writing process.

OUR APPROACH

We adopt a streamlined approach by:
-Connecting with our students to draw out the best application narrative.
-Helping our students overcome their fear of writing.
-Breaking the writing into achievable tasks.

Our students find that after only a few sessions, they have already made great progress on their essays.

OUR BACKGROUND

We are a small group of Berkeley PhDs who have published with top university presses. Tutors currently accepting new students:

Ben Urwand is the author of The Collaboration (Harvard University Press). He received his PhD from UC Berkeley, his MA from the University of Chicago, and he was elected to the Harvard Society of Fellows.

Sarah Stoller is the author of Inventing the Working Parent (MIT Press). She received her PhD from UC Berkeley, her M.Phil from the University of Cambridge, and her BA from UC Berkeley.

OUR TRACK RECORD

Over the past ten years, our clients have been accepted at every top school in the country, including all the Ivies and all the UCs.