How I Help With College Admissions Essays

(Undergraduate, Transfer, Graduate and Scholarship)

I offer private and group tutoring for college-bound, transfer and graduate school students working on admissions and scholarship essays. Depending on where you live, I can help you one-on-one in my home office, or work long-distance through email and phone exchanges:

A. Long-distance clients:

If you need help starting your college essays, I can tutor you through email and phone exchanges on an hourly basis. Depending on your needs, I can help you brainstorm and identify topics and craft a writing plan (Jumpstart Session), and/or review, edit and provide feedback on your rough drafts. Basically, I work as an editor, helping guide you to finding a focused, compelling topic, and then helping you structure, compose, revise and polish your essay. To be clear, I do not write essays for students.

B. Students living in or near Laguna Beach, California:  I offer private and group tutoring services out of my home in Laguna Beach. During these sessions, students work on their core essays (often called Personal Statements) for UCs, Common App. or other college or university applications, as well as their short answer and supplemental essays. I also help students applying to transfer schools, graduate-level programs and all types of scholarships. Between tutoring sessions, students work on their essays at home. For most college-bound students, I suggest a “Jumpstart” session, and then follow-up editing sessions on an as-needed basis. Contact me for details.

Thank you, and please let me know if you have any questions. Click HERE to contact me any time.

Janine Robinson

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Tutoring Details and Payment Options

Although it varies, most long-distance students need about an hour help on each core essay (those that are around 500-700 words, such as the main essay required for The Common Application (650 word limit), and/or personal statement style essays for larger public universities), if they have a rough draft. If they are starting from the beginning, seeking help with finding topics and a writing plan, it can take longer and cost more (Jumpstart Session rates). All students can pay up front, and then as they go for editing help.