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College Essay Coach — Common App, Supplements, Personal Statements & Standing Out in Admissions
Lesson location
- Online
About Dru
I hold dual Master's degrees in Adolescent Developmental Counseling and Teaching English, and I've spent years helping students find their voice on the page. I know what admissions readers are looking for, what gets skimmed, and what makes a reader stop and pay attention.
My approach is direct, encouraging, and focused on getting your best thinking out of your head and onto the page — without the overwhelm.
Who this is for:
Rising seniors heading into application season, juniors who want a head start, transfer applicants, and grad school candidates working on personal statements. If you're staring at a blank doc and the deadline is closer than you'd like, this is for you.
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About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
The college essay is the one part of your application where you actually get to sound like a person, not a transcript. Done well, it's the difference between getting read and getting remembered. Done poorly, it sounds like every other essay in the pile — and admissions readers can spot a generic essay in the first two sentences.
I coach rising seniors through the full essay process: Common App personal statement, supplemental essays, "Why Us" and "Why Major" responses, and the short-answer questions most students rush through and shouldn't. Whether you're starting early in the summer or scrambling in October, we'll build a strategy that fits your timeline and your list.
What we work on:
- Finding the story only you can tell — not the one you think they want to hear
- Brainstorming and topic selection (the make-or-break step most students skip)
- Structure, voice, and pacing that keeps a reader engaged
- Supplemental strategy across multiple schools without sounding repetitive
- Tightening prose so every sentence earns its place
- Avoiding the clichés admissions officers are tired of reading
- Aligning your essays with the rest of your application so the whole thing tells one coherent story
This is coaching, not ghostwriting. The essay stays yours — I help you figure out what you're really trying to say and how to say it in a way that resonates.
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- £37
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- 5h: £187
- 10h: £374
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The first free lesson with Dru will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1hr
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