UPDATE: Our students earned $4.1 million in scholarships in 2025 from writing captivating essays...will your teen be next?
My name is Dr. Pamela Ellis, but families know me as The Education Doctor®.
Over the past 15 years, I’ve helped more than 1200 high school students get into colleges that fit them academically, socially, and financially.
Many of those students came to us feeling overwhelmed, unsure where to start, or struggling to pull everything together in time. But with the right guidance and structure, they transformed their applications and their futures.
And one of the primary ways we provide that guidance and structure is through college essays. Going into application season, college essays are the best way for your teen to significantly increase their chances of getting in and getting money for college, as their grades, test scores, and activities resume are all set by senior year.
Our essay coaching program is designed to give your teen the support they need to craft the best college essays possible; essays that will help them truly stand out in the admissions process.
The core of our essay coaching program is having one-on-one sessions with one of our expert essay coaches twice a month. In these sessions, students will come prepared with a rough draft of their Common Application essay, supplemental essays, and/or scholarship essays to workshop and edit their essay with their coach live.
In these sessions, we not only improve each essay’s grammar, sentence structure, clarity, and cohesion, we help students understand what makes for good writing and understand how to more effectively communicate. Writing is an essential life skill that will serve them greatly in college and in the workplace, and these one-on–one sessions will sharpen their skills dramatically.
Over the course of the program, students will also transform their personal confidence as they see their essays take shape and their skills improve all the way up to proudly submitting their applications.
Our Essay Coaching Program is designed to help your teen write essays that are personal, memorable, and strategically positioned for each college.
We pair students with one of our expert writing coaches for twice-a-month 1-on-1 sessions, where they get live feedback and coaching on their Common App essay, supplemental responses, and scholarship essays.
It’s not just editing. We teach students how to think and write well—skills that will serve them in college and far beyond.
We take students through our proprietary essay brainstorming and coaching process. With 1-on-1 support, your teen will:
Choose an authentic, compelling topic
Write a Common App essay that’s personal and polished
Complete multiple revisions with expert feedback
Learn how to write in their own authentic voice
Once the personal statement is done, we guide your teen through every college-specific supplemental essay and scholarship essays. Our system helps students:
Avoid repetition and generic answers
Create a bank of reusable responses to save time
Maintain momentum with weekly accountability
Tailor each essay to highlight different dimensions of who they are
Click below to schedule a free 15-minute introductory Zoom call with our team today to talk about our essay coaching program. Let’s make senior year the beginning of something amazing—not something stressful.
