You are probably feeling a mixture of excitement, dread, anxiety, and paralysis at the prospect of applying to college.
The college application process is made up of many small steps that, when taken in total, can rightly feel overwhelming. It’s a high stakes process with lasting ramifications on your future.
We will work together to uncover your unique point-of-view, and use it to showcase your personality on your college applications and scholarships.
Our aim is to make the process as painless as possible. We are here to equip you with a plan of attack and put some writing tools in your toolkit to help you feel a little more relaxed. It’s all about baby steps.
You’re probably a champ at the typical high school English essay, which is often a gamified version of picking out evidence to match a thesis you’ve made to impress your teacher. Most students get pretty good at this by Senior year.
Nowhere in your high school experience have you been asked to write as vulnerable and clever and elegant a piece of writing that is required on your applications.
That’s where we come in. With a little bit of guidance and coaching, you can start to get your ideas unstuck and let them flow in this new and unfamiliar genre of writing.
"My extracurriculars, transcript, and rec letters were the ingredients, but Mrs. Pillow helped me curate and execute a recipe, blending together the different elements of my life into a compelling story. She saw the potential within the essays I wrote and brought out that extra touch that only someone with her experience could add."
Kirstie has a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD and a Masters in Education degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is certified to teach 6-12th grade English in the state of Florida. She has taught almost every grade in middle and high school English, including SAT prep, AP Language, and AP Literature, and she has advised and edited dozens of winning common app personal statements.
Just as every application is unique, every session’s approach is different. We will spend time reading over your work, give you our general impressions, and work with you to craft a more effective personal statement and supplementals.
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