College Essay GuyReviews of collegeessayguy.com

Good stuff. Felt like it could include more undocumented students overall.

I am a new IEC, having recently completed the UC Irvine certificate program. I've been working with students and felt that I needed a little extra instruction on college essay editing. I registered for Ethan's seminar "How to Write the College Application and Supplemental Essays" and it did the trick! The course reinforced what I already knew and enhanced my confidence to edit activity lists and application essays.

The resources that are provided are enormously informative and useful. I am grateful that Ethan allows us to use them with our students. Thank you for all of your help.

College Essay Guy offers practical advice delivered with a lovely, empathy-exuding voice. His willingness to share free resources is much appreciated by students, counselors, and parents.

The lessons were all really helpful, especially the ones related to brainstorming. It was great to get feedback on our ideas during live-streams. Overall, I’m really glad I had this as a resource!!

Before addressing the essay, I have students compose their activity and honors lists. When I ask a students if there is another way they may describe an activity, they immediately go to the CEG's Epic List of Activities List Verbs. A great resource to enable students in adding interest and strength to their Common App and scholarship applications. With "The List of Activities You May Not Have Considered..."students brainstorm and expanded their lists with unique entries, including welcoming an adoptive sister into the family and shadowing/interviewing/interning in legal and medical fields to explore career interests. After completing the lists it is on to the Essay Workshop in a Box! Ethan, thank you for the Pay What You Can option. I provide access to college prep to a small group of low-income/first-gen students and you provides me with the tools to be an effective mentor!

I didn't have time to listen to all your videos, but the pdf handouts and all the printable information was critical to my ability to write what I believe were good or excellent entrance essays. It's hard to know the effect of a poor college entrance essay on the colleges I applied to becuase I got into all the small liberal arts colleges I applied to but the acceptance rate was around 50%. I d,dn't get into the competitive colleges I applied to such as UC Berkeley and UCLA, but my GPA was only a 3.7 from the highly competitive, small private high school I'm coming from. Anyway, thanks for your help, Ethan. Be well, Sharon

I find the way to reflect myself on my admission essay!