College Essay GuyReviews of collegeessayguy.com

I appreciated this whole experience for our daughter! It was a unique opportunity that fostered self-reflection and personal growth through writing. All of this led to her crafting authentic essays and a cohesive application story. Her mentor was a terrific fit - I am thankful for whoever helped make this fit happen. As a parent, I felt I could let go, not meddle, and trust the process. I also appreciated CEG's structured approach. They communicated clearly and provided thoughtful and timely feedback + support. Our daughter was initially matched with a different mentor who ended up leaving CEG last minute due to a job change after the process had already started. The CEG team was quick to respond and rematch - it all worked out fine! CEG's podcast is a great free resource, too!

My relationship with my essay coach felt genuine and personal. Sam helped me feel like I mattered and I ended up with a college application that I was proud of.

A step by step process to completion. She couldn’t have completed it without the guide of essay coach. John took the time to get to know us, shared his college experience and recommended a college counselor which we didn’t know we needed at the time.

Taking the pressure of us (parents)! His coach Lavon was great. My son really related to him and enjoyed their sessions. Lavon’s feedback and expertise was crucial to developing a personal, descriptive and engaging essay.

Our daughter's essay coach was amazing. She was incredibly kind and patient. The process clearly involved a lot of deep reflection and self-discovery. Not only did it help her craft strong college essays, but I have feeling that it will also have a lasting positive impact on her skills as a writer and on her confidence. Our college counselor was also great. She encouraged our daughter to look at schools that were not initially on her list, and that ended up being among her top choices. She was honest, thorough, responsive, and supportive the whole way through. It was invaluable to have someone to turn to with questions. Ultimately, the results were also great for us. Our daughter was accepted to 16 of the 18 schools on her list, including multiple "top 25" colleges.

My son ('25) worked with Cat on his essay. He's a very reluctant writer. She worked through ideas with him and brought details out with good questions. The essay and contents always sounded like him. They use google docs so I could watch the progress and comments made by Cat. They spent weeks honing and revising. She was also very encouraging in her feedback. The whole process really improved my son's confidence. He came out of this knowing himself better with an authentic essay, and he became a better writer. Cat also helped him word his activities in a way that made the most impact on his common app activities list. Renee's advising was also very helpful. She found an alt school that ended up being second on his list and a great backup to his #1 pick which he ultimately got into. I had been concerned about the cost, but in retrospect, it was definitely worth it. When I compare it to what others have spent on private counselors, I think we got more resources, time, and attention for the price. I can't say enough good things about both Cat and Renee. They were both very encouraging and helpful. I also learned a lot from the Essay Guy podcast, you tube videos and web site.

Both of my daughters in year 2024 and in year 2022 used the writing coaches from College Essay Guy and we have no reservations recommending them. Both writing coaches we used were superb in terms of skills, quality, professionalism. The most important thing is they really cared for their students. We can’t say thank you enough!

Essay coach are more experience, give good ideas and suggestions and they can help students express themselves better. We are so lucky to have Candace as our essay coach. Because she was major in the same field, so she was able to give better suggestions from her experience and applied them to the essay. We couldn’t be more happy. We started the program late, she knew the deadline was tight, she worked very hard to help us catch up and met the deadline. It was incredible. We signed up for the program late, and Margaret helped expedite the process, and also she helped match a perfect essay coach for us.