Testimonials |
What parents and students say about their experience
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FROM PARENTS:
“Andrea developed a wonderful rapport with my son. It was obvious that she really enjoys working with students. She has the perfect combination of approachability and professionalism. Together, she and my son determined essay topics that would reflect him and his personality, and would help differentiate him in a college application pool. Andrea provided timely, thoughtful and constructive feedback, but what separates Andrea from others was her ability to help sharpen my son's writing, while ensuring that it was his voice coming through. She was really able to understand him as a person, and made sure the essays stayed true to him. My son was very happy with his final application, and we believe that Andrea played a key role in helping him get into his first choice school.”
-- Parent of Deerfield High School student
Deerfield, IL
“My son initially struggled with a direction, but thanks to Andrea's guidance, patience, expertise, and sensitivity, he ended up writing a unique essay in his own voice that he felt proud of. Beyond the writing, Andrea is very knowledgeable about the process as a whole. In the end, my son was accepted at all five of the schools where he applied, and a couple of the acceptance letters specifically referenced his essay!”
-- Parent of Highland Park High School student
Highland Park, IL
"Andrea connected instantly with my daughter and they made excellent use of their time together. My daughter was accepted at all the colleges she applied to! As a result, I sent her back to Andrea to get help with her challenging application for the Honors Program at the University of Wisconsin. Andrea is incredibly smart, patient, and an exceptional professional. My daughter had good ideas, and Andrea applied her creativity and insightful knowledge to make my daughter's essay get recognized. (Amongst a sea of other college applicants.) My daughter’s time with Andrea proved to be worth her weight in gold, when she received confirmation that she was one of the less than 8% to get accepted into UW Madison's Honors Program! The investment in time and money I made was pretty modest for the result I got."
-- Parent of Stevenson High School student
Lincolnshire, IL.
"I absolutely LOVE my son's essay! I had no idea how well it would turn out. I can’t thank you enough for all of your help! You really got my kid and worked with him when he didn’t always agree with your edits. I’ve been telling all of my friends about you.”
-- Parent of Highland Park High School student
Highland Park, IL
(unsolicited email)
“Thank you so much for working with my daughter. You are awesome and I think you both clicked and worked well together.”
-- Parent of Westlake High School student
Thousand Oaks, CA
(unsolicited email)
“Thank you for your expertise and help with my son's essays. You were so instrumental in helping to transform them into really special writings while allowing him to maintain his own voice. I know my son is proud of his work and were are too!"
-- Parent of Deerfield High School student
Deerfield, IL
(unsolicited email)
"We can not say enough about Andrea at Write Angle Essays. She was easy to work with, accommodating and her comments regarding our daughter's essays were spot on. As expats living in Brazil, we wanted to make sure our daughter was hitting the right target with her essays. She was able to talk with our daughter via Skype, and work within our daughter's busy schedule. Even given a four hour time difference! While working with our daughter, Andrea's communication to us, as parents, was exceptional. We always reviewed the comments she suggested, how much time she spent with her, and how we could help in the process. Our daughter also like knowing that someone other than her parents were reading her essays. And, we couldn't be happier with the results. Our daughter was accepted to all of her early decision schools including Georgetown and Boston College. I highly recommend Andrea."
--Parent of student at Graded -The American School of Sao Paulo Sao Paulo, Brazil
"Given the importance of essays in the current college application process, I started to search for someone to help my daughter improve her chances of getting into a good school. I searched high and low for an expert who solely focused on writing with specific expertise in college essays. I found a number of consultants with skill and experience. However, I wanted someone who could provide one on one support and be able to personally connect with my daughter. This relationship and the consultant’s ability to draw out my daughter's story, in a way that would have its maximum impact, were essential. Andrea’s biography made it very clear that she had the skills and personal attributes that I was looking for, and this was validated for me during our first discussion. The proof is in the pudding, as they say, and the results have been fantastic so far. They use Skype to interact on a real-time basis, and their communication is efficient and effective. Their personal connection is just as I had imagined, and my daughter truly enjoys and values her interactions with Andrea. I am convinced that my daughter’s essays, with Andrea’s guidance and oversight, are helping her to get the responses from colleges that we had hoped for. My daughter and I have been thrilled with Andrea, and I enthusiastically recommend her to others."
-- Parent of Mount Saint Joseph Academy student
Flourtown, PA
"Andrea helped my son write a really excellent essay that almost certainly helped him gain early admission to the school he is planning to attend. Beyond that, she helped him find his voice. He started out saying that he didn't have anything to write about. Andrea showed (not told) him that, by putting in the thought, hard work, and multiple revisions needed to describe his experiences specifically and vividly, he could tell a compelling story that shows who he is. Big words and lofty sentiments not required! The value of the work he did with her goes way beyond getting into college. Learning to write this way is a key to success in life."
-- Parent of Woodward Academy student
Atlanta, Georgia
"I cannot thank you enough for your time and thoughtful consideration of my daughter's writing. It was interesting and beautiful to see her thrive under your teaching."
-- Parent of Westlake High School student
Thousand Oaks, CA
(unsolicited email)
"I highly recommend Andrea Friedlander as a writing tutor for students applying to college. In addition to being professional, organized, dependable and flexible (which is critical when working with busy teenagers) she is extremely creative, perceptive and a terrific listener. The essays my son wrote with Andrea’s keen guidance were very engaging and presented my son in a remarkably authentic yet unique manner. I can also say that I am personally aware of Andrea’s high college acceptance success rate while working with students of different backgrounds and educational levels and interests. I was thrilled to see my son get accepted to 6 of the 7 schools he applied to and most importantly – he is accepted and planning to go to his first choice. Working with Andrea was a comfort and we are grateful to have had her wisdom and support during the harrowing process."
--Parent of Deerfield High School student
Deerfield, IL
"Andrea was truly a lifesaver to us during the college application process. She worked with our son on an outline for his essays then followed up with him to help him stay on track. When he got behind and it looked like he wouldn’t make his deadlines she made time in her schedule to meet with him while he finished the essays. Her feedback on the essays was spot on and helped him communicate exactly what he wanted to communicate to the admissions offices. Having a kind and articulate adult other than a parent to help in this process was invaluable. Our son liked and respected Andrea, which is the only way this could have worked."
-- Parent of Deerfield High School student
Deerfield, IL
"I am really pleased that my son gets support from you but he 'owns' the process."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Deerfield, IL
"Thank you for your work with my daughter. She seemed excited when she finished her session with you yesterday. Your encouragement is motivating her and she seems confident in her drafts."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Los Angeles, CA
"My son said that you were really nice and extremely easy to work with. He is very very happy with the final result! Thank you so much. Your input made a stressful situation completely stress-free. I’m not sure if you are trying to grow your business, but I will be recommending you all over town. :)"
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Stillwater, MN
"Thanks for all the help. You were fantastic! I have many clients who I will be referring your way."
-- Unsolicited email from parent Villanova, PA
"You gave my daughter such a confidence boost that still has her glowing!"
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Edina, MN
"Thanks so much for all of your help. We couldn’t have done this without you!
My daughter definitely wouldn't have had the success without you. And we probably would have killed each other!"
-- Unsolicted email from parent
Denver, CO
"Thank you VERY much for all of your help. You were a joy to work with--responsive, flexible, upbeat, and provided great feedback for my son. We really appreciate how you were able to manage to provide input at the last minute with some of his essays."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Lincolnshire, IL
"A HUGE thank you for all of your help with my daughter - particularly with things happening so last minute. In the end I know she was very pleased with the essay produced and was grateful for your guidance."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Clearwater, FL
"Having you work with my son to sort through ideas and develop a workable structure for his essay was a phenomenal help. It allowed him to write the essay he wanted and made us feel secure that he was on the right path."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Deerfield, IL
"Thank you so much for your help, and for being who you are. You are more than fair and generous and it’s encouraging to find someone over the internet who offers such valuable services and has integrity too. I was a bit skeptical when we started, but I’ve been thrilled ever since. I know I’ve said it before but I will say it again – you are awesome! It has been a delight working with you and I will happily refer you to others. We greatly appreciate your fairness, professionalism, kindness, speed, responsiveness, and talent as a writer/editor/essay consultant. Thank you for always responding so quickly and with insightful feedback. Despite the holidays, you were there for my daughter. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your help!"
-- Unsolicited email from parent
San Francisco, CA
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much for all your help with my daughter's college applications.Your timely responses and wonderful edits and suggestions have really helped her with all her essays. It was a pleasure working with you (real hassle free!!). I also really appreciate you keeping the total to less than the estimate (and you worked on more essays!!)"
- -- Unsolicited email from parent Plainsboro, N.J.
"His essay is wonderful! It brought tears to my eyes when I read it. It was so honest and true to him. I cannot express what a relief it is to have these done. You have made this process extremely painless…at least for me!"
-- Unsolicited email from parent Stillwater, MN
"We love how you were able to get our son to work in a time frame and really write something from the heart."
-- Unsolicited email from parent Westlake Village, CA
"I contacted Andrea after she was recommended by several local moms of high school and college aged students. Our situation was unique as my son arrived home from a study abroad program and had one week to submit 4 essays (8-12 pages each ) in order qualify his college credits for transfer to his university. It seemed like an impossible task…until I called Andrea.
From the first moment I spoke to Andrea, my worries about the timeline disappeared. She never wavered in her confidence to complete the job. The timeframe happened to fall during one of the busiest weeks of the year, right before Christmas, but that did nonstop Andrea…..her guidance and knowledge of what needed to be done truly blew my mind. She worked morning and night to help my son.
I could write an essay myself on all of the incredible strategies, the guidance and the professionalism of Andrea. My son loved working with her and stated there was no way he could have done it without her. He received A’s on all the essays Andrea helped him with.
Finding someone with Andrea’s knowledge and her unique ability to relate to teens comes very rarely. My son referred to Andrea as a “homie” which is a compliment I have never heard him give an adult. She is truly one in a million!"
-- Parent of second semester freshman transfer student
Northbrook, IL
"My daughter is really enjoying working with you. We appreciate all the time an effort you are putting into this. I know that she is benefiting from this process."
-- Unsolicited email from parent of college senior
applying to occupational therapy graduate schools
Northbrook, IL
"Your suggestions were very helpful. And, the fact that it came from a neutral party also helped reduce conflicts at home."
-- Unsolicited email from parent Deerfield, IL
"Thank you so much for helping my daughter. She really enjoyed working with you and having your support really helped her navigate the writing process."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Freeland, MD
"Thank you so much. Loved my son's essays."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Vernon Hills, IL
"You are the best so it is a pleasure referring clients to you. Your clients are lucky to have you!"
-- Email from parent in response to a referral thank-you
Los Angeles, CA
"Thanks so much for your help with my daughter's essay. I think it turned out great."
-- Unsolicited email from parent of college senior applying to OT grad school
Northbrook, IL.
"Thank you sooooo much! I am so happy I found you!
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Buffalo Grove, IL
"Thanks Andrea! You worked miracles!!!!"
-- Unsolicited email from college consultant who referred client for additional essay help
Deerfield, IL
"Our daughter spent several months struggling with her essay and was not able to produce an essay that “worked” despite her best efforts. Our efforts to help her seemed to produce more tension than progress. October arrived, and she became highly stressed as her application deadlines approached and her school coursework load increased. We contacted Andrea and she immediately made a big difference. Her thoughtful guidance reduced our daughter’s stress level, and helped her to focus her efforts more productively. Within a few weeks our daughter had written a beautiful essay that is warm, insightful, creative, and unique. Andrea also helped our daughter to craft strong additional essays in time to meet the early application deadlines. Andrea was an absolute pleasure to work with. Her support enabled our daughter to produce the very best essay she could, and also made our family life better. We are grateful we found her. We’ve already booked her for our younger daughter!"
-- Parent of student
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
"Thank you for working with my [twin] sons on their essays. You have done an excellent job and the essays look great. I will recommend you to all my friends."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Eldersburg, MD.
"Thanks for all your help with my daughter. It lifted a weight off of me, and gave her the wonderfully guided input and help that she needed."
- -- Unsolicited email from parent of Stevenson High School student
- Lincolnshire, IL
"I would like to take a moment to thank you for all your support to my son during the last few months. All through the process, your reviews were prompt and insightful but more importantly the essays retained my son's voice. Our entire experience was very pleasant and your pricing has been fair and transparent. We do have a sophomore who will be in this situation again in two years and we would definitely come back to you then."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
- Naperville, IL
"Thank you very much for all your patience with us and help for my daughter. I greatly appreciate your calm and quick responses. I have already recommended you to a friend who has a junior."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
- Clearwater, FL
"I am thrilled to be able to share the very exciting news that my daughter was accepted into Yale. Many thanks for your superb support and counsel. We are so very happy with this excellent outcome.
-- Unsolicited email from parent
- Moorehead, MN
"I want to thank you for your assistance in helping my daughter to write a successful personal statement. She applied early action, was accepted to, and plans to become a member of The Notre Dame class of 2025. Your assistance in writing her essay was, in my opinion, paramount to her success in this application process."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
- South Bend, IN
"I am so glad that I found you. Your approach is exactly what I hoped for.
[The essay] starts to shine after you cut out the unnecessary pieces! I am so thrilled to know that the essay can show who my son is. Your guidance and encouraging words helped us through many nights of revisions.Thank you for all your help! I cannot say enough of it. We are so lucky to have you by our side on this journey of college application!"
-- Unsolicited email from parent
- Great Falls, VA
"We’re so glad you helped our daughter write an essay that she considered meaningful and authentic."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
- Deerfield, IL
"Thank you (again and again and again) for your time and patience, and your ability to coax such thoughtful words from my boy. Please know, as long as people ask for recommendations for college essay help, I will refer them to you!"
-- Unsolicited email from parent
- Los Angeles, CA
"You wield your cutting knife like a highly skilled surgeon. You will be hearing from us again for my other children will soon enter the college application queue. Splendid work!"
-- Unsolicited email from parent
- Cedar Grove, NJ
"My son was able to submit 6 applications so far. This would not have happened without you so I am eternally grateful! You are my idol."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
- Deerfield, IL
"We can’t thank you enough for all you help during the essay process. We appreciate all the insights you provided and in general getting our son over the hump. We would love to get back in touch with you next year for our next child. So please pencil us in!"
-- Unsolicited email from parent
- Naperville, IL
"Working with you definitely made the application process much less stressful!!"
-- Unsolicited email from parent
- Deerfield, IL
"You were absolutely amazing and so helpful for my daughter. She is
a brilliant writer, but I think these essays are very difficult. My daughter has her sights on Harvard Law so don't be surprised if you hear from her in 4 years."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
- Clearwater, FL
"What could have been a frustrating and overwhelming task, became such an enjoyable, productive, and successful experience. Andrea helped my son all the way through the process of writing his essay while keeping the integrity and fidelity of his work and ensuring his story, words and even the corrections were his own. She not only helped him to formulate a thoughtful, heartfelt, and competent essay, but he learned skills for writing and editing that will help him in future writing endeavors! I also loved that Andrea provided me with weekly updates regarding my son's progress, needs and their overall communication. I'm looking forward to working with Andrea again when my younger son is ready to prepare for his essay!"
-- Parent of Student
- Palm Harbor, FL
"We truly feel you are a blessing for us. You have been amazing in providing quick responses and that kept our daughter going. She keeps saying 'Andrea is soooo good. I don't know what I would have done without her.' I have been giving raving reviews to whoever we speak with. I will be sure to provide references to anyone who is looking for your services next year. Please know that I will be reaching out to you again for my second daughter in 2 years."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Wilmington, DE
"WOW! I was blown away. He has always had a talent for writing but it has been years since I have read something he wrote. His essay blew me away. It is filled with so much heart, emotion and even a little laughter. I cannot thank you enough for your work with him. The zoom call really helped him to turn that corner."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Lincolnshire, IL
"You have been a life saver. Keeping my fingers crossed you are still doing this when my freshman starts this process."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Chicago, IL
"Thanks for hanging in there with us. We so appreciate all of your hard work and dedication to getting all of this done on time! I would not have survived without you!!
You are seriously the best!!"
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Northbrook, IL
"I appreciate your expertise, organization and communication skills. I will definitely recommend you to others."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Clearwater, FL
"Passing along another great news!! [Our son] got into UC Berkley M.E.T Program that has been one of his dream choices. Can't thank enough for all the help you provided from late Fall last year."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Ashburn, VA
"Couldn’t have made the deadline without you!"
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Coral Springs, FL
"I wanted to give you the good news that my daughter heard yesterday from Pomona Early Decision and she got accepted! She was happily surprised! We wanted to thank you so much for all of your help. I think you really helped her shine through her essays."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Atlanta, GA
"I appreciate how you kept me in the loop. My son said that you were a great help and always very positive."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Stillwater, MN
"You always give him confidence about the process, and know-how."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Atlanta, GA
"Thank you so much for helping making the college essay process seem very manageable and enjoyable. It is very easy to get overwhelmed by this college process and having you keep us all on track has been such a blessing. Thank you so much for caring and relating to my daughter, and for your incredibly quick turn around times. It has become part of our evening routine to hear her new version of the essay. I do not think she has every worked this hard on an essay, so it has been an invaluable learning experience. We are so thankful for your experience and guidance."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Pasadena, CA
"Thank you for your support. She couldn't have been here [accepted to Columbia University] without your able guidance. We are truly grateful for all the support you have given to our kids."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Wilmington, DE
"Thank you for being a great essay coach who made it so much easier for my kids to apply to the colleges of their dreams. I'm so happy to have been able to share you as a resource for other moms :-) It's been fantastic working with you."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Atlanta, GA
"Andrea, you are awesome. I cannot imagine what our stress levels would have been without your help. If I would have done anything differently, I would've reached out to you earlier. Can't thank you enough for all your help and guidance."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Wilmington, DE
"Thanks again for your guidance - I think your feedback was “spot on” and we appreciated your fast review times too."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Raynham, MA
"We can’t thank you enough for jumping into the fire with [our daughter] & working with her to make her supplemental essays the best they could be. It truly made a world of difference in the quality and content of each essay!"
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Northbrook, IL
"I can’t thank you enough Andrea! Both of my girls really felt very comfortable and enjoyed working with you."
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Davie, FL
"Appreciate your prompt responses to keep her moving forward and also to push her to do the best :-)"
-- Unsolicited email from parent
Wilmington, DE
FROM STUDENTS:
"The best part of working with Andrea was that she let me drive the conversation and gave feedback not to write her own version of my essay, but helping me improve on my own thoughts. When I was stuck about what I should focus on within my topic, she helped talk me through what I wanted to convey and she let me finally reach my own answers. Thanks to Andrea's hard and individualized work, I got into an amazing and very selective school that I had wanted to go to since the second I stepped onto campus."
-- Deerfield High School student, Deerfield, IL Going to Tufts University
“Andrea was instrumental in my medical school application process, which included upward of 40 essays. She considered my ideas and experiences thoughtfully and helped me craft insightful responses for each question. As she revised my drafts, Andrea carefully evaluated if I had created a response specifically answering the school’s questions, and if my work helped me stand out from other applicants.
I highly recommend The Write Angle to anyone looking for highly personalized attention throughout his or her essay process.”
-- Emory University student
Going to Wake Forest Medical School
"Andrea Friedlander not only helped me come up with ideas to write about for my college essays but she helped make those ideas come alive into something colleges want to see. With Andrea's help I was accepted into my first choice school."
-- Deerfield High School student, Deerfield, IL
Going to Miami University
"Working with Andrea to write my essays was extremely helpful. The hardest part for me about writing stories about myself is coming up with a topic, so, Andrea and I spent a lot of time sitting down and brainstorming possible topics. I ended up coming up with great stories that focused on the qualities that I wanted the colleges to see in my writing. I highly recommend Andrea for help on your college essays!"
-- Deerfield High School student, Deerfield, IL Going to Kelley School of Business at Indiana University
"I love how thoroughly we brainstormed, making sure that my essay was on the best possible topic. Additionally, after each draft I was provided with thoughtful feedback suggesting multiple ways to make the essay better. I was accepted to the Math & Computer Science program at the University of Illinois."
-- Deerfield High School student, Deerfield, IL
Going to University of Illinois
"Throughout our work together on my college essays, Andrea helped me refine my language and bring focus to my narratives. Even more importantly, she was instrumental in pushing me to look inwards and in guiding my decision on what to write about in the first place. Thanks in large part to Andrea, I'll be studying at my dream school this fall."
-- Deerfield High School student, Deerfield, IL Going to Northwestern University
"Working with Andrea was not only beneficial but was also enjoyable! Because of Andrea’s creativity, skills, and expertise, I was able to produce thought provoking essays that express my personality. Since Andrea is such a proficient and talented writer, she helped me to shape my essays in unique ways so that they will stand out. Andrea dedicates so much time and energy to making students' essays the best they can be because she knows everyone has the potential to succeed. From working with Andrea, I gained an immense amount of confidence because I have realized that my essays reflect my identity and my dreams. With Andrea’s assistance and guidance, I have been accepted into every college I have applied to so far!"
--Mount Saint Joseph Academy student, Flourtown, PA Going to Penn State Honors Program
"Thank you so much for all of your help with this process! You improved my writing and helped me clearly communicate my ideas in a way that did not alter my message but instead emphasized the parts that I wanted to. It is a huge relief to be in to school and also to have that school be my first choice."
--Deerfield High School student, Deerfield, IL
Going to Tufts University
(unsolicited email)
“During the very stressful and anxious time of college applications, Andrea helped me calmly tackle this rough patch of my life. The different techniques used to analyze certain situations in my life helped all of my essays thrive. Andrea helped me look at myself and the situations I wrote about with different perspectives. Her clever critique and constant support in writing my essays helped me get into my top school. I not only was accepted into University of Colorado Boulder as an undergrad, I was also admitted into the Business school as a freshman. I am very grateful for the time I have spent with Andrea and she has opened my mind up to new techniques to review essays and brainstorm ideas."
--Westlake High School student, Thousand Oaks, CA
Going to University of Colorado (Boulder)
"Thank you for all your help. I am not sure I could have gotten into WashU without you!"
-- Stevenson High School student, Lincolnshire, IL
Going to Washington University
(unsolicited email)
"Earlier this week, I got into my first choice college, and it was truly dream come true. I would like to thank you for helping out with the essays. You did a fabulous job transforming my loosely based ideas into cohesive, thoughtful essays. After getting in, I read my essay again--and it's great. I love it. The coolest part was that in my letter of admission they mentioned my essay--so cool!"
-- Deerfield High School student, Deerfield, IL
Going to St. Olaf College
(unsolicited email)
"Andrea was very personable and helpful with taking my ideas and helping me write the best possible essays. I really liked her approach and feel my writing improved from the experience as well. I am excited to be going to my first choice school. I could not have gotten done it without her! "
-- Deerfield High School student, Deerfield, IL
Going to University of Illinois
"It wasn't easy to develop an essay that told an interesting, entertaining story and also revealed the personality traits I thought were important for my applications. However, Andrea helped me to find the right balance between storytelling, humor, and insight, even pushing me to transform stories and facts I thought were unimportant into revealing tidbits about myself. I was so excited to be accepted into several selective schools, including Stanford, where I will attend this fall."
-- Grady High School student, Atlanta, GA
Going to Stanford University
"Thank you for the numerous late night FaceTime calls. I will never forget your guidance through such a difficult process."
-- Stevenson High School student, Lincolnshire, IL
Going to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
(unsolicited email)
"I feel like I never got the time to properly thank you for your help in guiding me through this process. I based all of my essay's off your input and found it not only high constructive but effective as well."
-- Glenbrook South High School student, Glenview, IL
Going to University of Michigan Ross School of Business (unsolicited email)
"I could not have made it through the college process without Andrea. Not only is she an amazing writer and editor, she knows what colleges want to hear. One of the best things about Andrea is that she doesn't do the work for you or give you ideas on a silver platter; she helps lead you down the right path. One of the things I admire most about Andrea is that she will keep revising, keep editing, and keep giving you feedback until you are completely satisfied with your work. She stops at nothing short of perfection. Without Andrea, I would have been lost in the college process. She is a miracle worker with words. I would (and will) recommend her to anyone I know going through the college process."
-- Student at Graded - The American School of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Going to University of Michigan
"Thank you so much! Your help has been so amazing!"
-- Student going to Philips Andover Academy
(Unsolicited email)
"Thanks so much for the help. I’ll definitely be telling my junior friends about you!"
-- Student going to Butler University
(unsolicited email)
"Thank you for guiding me through an essay that I am very proud of!"
-- Student going to the University of Colorado (Boulder)
(unsolicited email)
"I wanted to let you know that I got accepted to MSU, my first choice. Thank you again for your help with the essay. It really made a difference in my application."
-- Student going to Michigan State University
(unsolicited email)
"Thank you for all your help with my essays-- it definitely paid off."
-- Student going to Carleton College
(unsolicited email)
"Andrea was the perfect resource for writing my graduate school application essays. She was truly dedicated to helping me write successful essays and was always able to help me formulate my thoughts when I couldn't myself. I would definitely recommend utilizing her experience to help anyone write their admission essays."
-- Student going to Rosalind Franklin Nurse Anesthesiology Graduate School
"Thank you so incredibly much for aiding me throughout this process. It’s been an absolute pleasure working with you and I so completely appreciate all the help you’ve given me, you’ve definitely made my college application process a much smoother and enjoyable process. I truly cannot thank you enough."
-- Student going to NYU Tisch School of the Arts
(unsolicited email)
"Thank you so much for your input on everything... I love how my essay turned out!"
-- Student going to University of Wisconsin (Madison)
(unsolicited email)
"I've really enjoyed working with you for the past few weeks. I'm very grateful that you not only helped me write spectacular essays, but even went out of the way to help me with other parts of my application. For you to do that means the world to me, and I can't thank you enough for that.
You did not only teach me more about writing college admission essays, but you helped me develop my writing skills as well (BE SPECIFIC :)) which is something that is going to stick with me throughout my life as a student and even beyond that. I'm sure you've heard this a billion times before, but you are truly amazing at what you do, and I hope that you keep making a difference in other hard working students and whoever has the opportunity to work with you is very lucky."
-- College freshman transferring to University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
(Unsolicited email entitled, "Special Thank You")
" I am attending the University of Wisconsin Madison next year! It was my top choice and thanks to the amazing essays you helped with I was able to receive admission! The college process is very intimidating but I felt a tremendous amount of comfort having someone as helpful as you along the way :)
-- Student going to University of Wisconsin (Madison)
(unsolicited email)
"It was wonderful working with you on college essays. Thank you for all your help, time and patience."
-- Student going to Drexel University Honors Program (note with gift)
"Thank you so much for working with me on my essay and supplement. They have both come a long way."
-- Student going to Skidmore College
(unsolicited email)
"Thank you for all your help, it really made the difference in my application."
-- Student going to Syracuse University
(unsolicited email)
"I want to thank you for all your help with my main Common App essay and my activities. With your assistance, I got into Vandy ED!!!!! "
-- Student going to Vanderbilt University
(unsolicited email)
"I just wanted to update you that I was accepted into the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine on Tuesday! I’m so excited and wanted to thank you for all your help with my essays. I am not sure how I could have done it without you!"
-- Student going to University of Pittsburg School of Dental Medicine
(unsolicited email)
"I just wanted to email you to tell you I recently got accepted into Syracuse University!!!! Thank you so much Andrea for all your help. I truly appreciate it and could not have done it without you!"
-- Student going to Syracuse University (unsolicited email)
"I really enjoyed working with you and your advice is going to stick with me for years to come."
-- Student going to University of North Carolina (unsolicited email)
"I got into Notre Dame, and thank you for all of the help on my essays! All of your feedback and comments were extremely helpful both in my personal statement and my supplementals, and I am very happy with how they all turned out. Obviously, all of it worked since I got accepted to my top choice, so again thank you so much for everything!!"
- -- Student going to University of Notre Dame (unsolicited email)
"Thank you so much for all of the help over the past few weeks!! You have helped tremendously through this process, and I can't thank you enough."
-- Student going to University of Illinois (Engineering) (unsolicited email)
"I am really happy with what I turned in. I could not have done this without your help."
-- Student going to Miami University (unsolicited email)
"Thank you so much for all your help in guiding me throughout the college admission process and especially through writing my essays. With your help, I gained more confidence in writing in general and how to present myself in my writing."
-- Student going to Purdue University (unsolicited email)
"I got accepted to Parsons and I will be starting this fall. It could not have happened without your help."
-- Student going to Parsons School of Design/The New School (unsolicited email)
"It’s been an absolute pleasure working with you! You’ve been such a big help over these last few weeks and you’ve done so much to help me improve my application!"
-- Student going to Rutgers Medical School (unsolicited email)
"Your feedback has been wonderful! It has been great working with you."
-- Student going to University of Illinois Engineering
(unsolicited email)
"You, Ms. Andrea, have been such an amazing help sent directly from God. I really would like you to know that your help has made a huge change in my life, and I will never forget about you. Thank you very very much! I would be gladly recommending your services to other people."
-- Student going to Morgan State University
(unsolicited email)
"I wanted to thank you for all the help you have given me throughout this process. I still remember a couple months ago when I was so nervous about college essays since they are so different from anything I've written for school. I can say that I actually enjoyed writing a lot of these supplemental essays since I was able to get great feedback from you. I am so grateful that my college application experience went very smoothly, and I am both relieved and sad that this journey has come to an end. I could not have done it without your help."
-- Student going to University of Michigan Engineering
(unsolicited email)
"I wanted to let you know that I was accepted into the National Honor Society! Thank you so much for all of your help, I couldn’t have done it without you!
-- Glenbrook North Student, Northbrook, IL
(unsolicited email)
"I wanted to take the time to profusely thank you for your incredible work proofreading my essays. I can tell based on the time of your different revisions that you put a lot of energy into this, and I really appreciate it!"
-- Student going to University of Miami (Business)
(unsolicited email)
"You helped tremendously with my UC application and I know I wouldn’t have had the success I had without your help."
-- Student going to UCLA
(unsolicited email)
"Thank you for listening to me ramble my way to a topic I found truly engaging — one that actually showcases who I am. You have done so much to help this process along. Really, I could not have done it without you."
-- Student going to Kenyon College
(unsolicited email)
"I’ve been accepted to Stanford! I just wanted to reach out to let you know and say thank you so much for helping out with my essay. Your help with coming up with topics, ideas, and details was especially crucial."
-- Student going to Stanford University
(unsolicited email)
- "My gratefulness to you is truly immeasurable. From the very beginning days, when we brainstormed my Common App essay and perfected it over rewrite and rewrite, you were the mentor that I counted on. A ceaseless lodestar for me, I am appreciative of your patience for every minute edit and your persistence in making sure my writing was top-tier. Your creativity in helping me write was so important to me, too. I know you have heard this often, but I want to tell you that my success with Yale would not have happened without you.
I’m also sure that your work with me has made me a better writer and thinker outside of the college essay process. The lessons I’ve learned from you about concision, lucid writing, and flow have made an impact on my writing and thinking beyond supplementals. The knowledge and skill you have given me in such a short time is an invaluable gift, and one I am so very thankful for."
-- Student going to Yale University
(unsolicited email)
"I really appreciate all your help for my Common App essay. Your suggestions are always so helpful and specific. I think this essay turned out really well because of them."
- -- Student going to Case Western Reserve University
(unsolicited email)
"I cannot express in words how grateful I am to have had you by my side. I feel blessed to have you as a mentor who constantly showed me constant support and encouragement.Through your feedback and guidance, I felt so much more confident and excited about my medical school applications. I know my writing has improved tremendously.
-- Student going to Penn State College of Medicine
(unsolicited email)
