Christopher Hunt

Why Five-Paragraph Essays Don’t Work for Personal Statements In high school, you’ve been trained to write essays a highly structured way....

You don’t need a perfect hook to start writing a great college essay.

Every year, thousands of students and parents ask themselves the same question:Do we need to hire someone to help with college admissions essays? For many, it’s uncharted territory. Students may not be sure what a college essay coach actually does. Parents, understandably, might be skeptical of a service that probably didn’t exist when they applied to college. But behind the question is something deeper: college admissions matter, and families want to get it right.