PromptReviews of prompt.com

I used Prompt’s services for my college applications. My writing coach was excellent! She helped me brainstorm topics for my essays and did a wonderful job helping me improve my essays. Although my writing coach was great, I gave Prompt three stars because they did not include one of the USC essays I needed to complete on their website. As I was going to submit my application for USC, I noticed I was missing that particular essay and I was 2 days away from the deadline. I had to pay extra to have this new essay reviewed since I had moved on to individual credits and I had to pay extra for rush edits. The editors who reviewed my essays would often contradict each other on edits they would leave on my essay and it was extremely confusing for me on who to listen to. I felt my writing coach was excellent but I did not find the other editors who reviewed other essays of mine to be as good as her. I enjoyed their help on brainstorming but I did not enjoy their help on the essay reviews. I was not accepted to the three schools they helped me write essays for so I would only recommend their services if they improve their essay reviewing services.

I had 5 essays reviewed by Prompt. I did 1 review/each for 4 of the essays and for the main Common App essay I did 3 reviews with 3 different editors. I noted that I was applying to a highly selective school and I welcomed any level of edits - even rewrites if necessary. Of the 7 editors who worked on my essay, I feel like only 1 made impactful revisions. The others made some suggestions that included answering lengthy questions that would have easily made me go over my word count by 50%. On one of my essays I even paid extra for "rush" service and I certainly got revisions that seemed too rushed. It didn't seem like the editor put much thought in the edit, didn't leave many comments and I knew my essay probably could've used a lot more edits. I wish there was a way to request an editor that you have worked with before. I got one good one and I wish I could work with her again. I think these editors are fine if you are only looking for minor edits, grammar checks, edits for flow. If you are looking for more dramatic improvements in your essay, this probably isn't for you.