I have been accepted to Northeastern University and plan to attend there next year! I also received a scholarship from the school as well! I wanted to thank you so much for all your help in this process; I really appreciate the work you put in to help me achieve this goal!
Both of my children have worked with Pat for four years. Pat has helped them with high school course selection and guidance on which college entrance exams to take and when. She helped our oldest child refine his college list and prepare to stand out as he applies to college. She has also helped us to make some important decisions for our sophomore for the remainder of her high school years. Pat really listens to our kids and helps them hone in on their interests and desires for their future while keeping us parents in the loop on progress made. She uses her extensive knowledge of the inner workings of our school district to help us navigate through challenges. And she is keenly aware of and sensitive towards the unique challenges our students face due to COVID-19. We are so grateful for her guidance.
I wanted to say thanks for a positive and empowering College Match meeting with my daughter yesterday. She has been anxious and avoiding college conversations, and after speaking with you yesterday, she was energized and more confident about her direction. I sensed she felt seen and valued for who she is. I could not have hoped for a better outcome.
Our children often listen to other people rather than us. Our son listened to Pat intently, and she motivated him to take on more leadership and community service roles while there was still sufficient time. The college application process was comfortingly demystified for us, but the real gem of our experience was getting our child to act.
My son applied to 7 schools early action, and was accepted to all of them! He is beyond thrilled to attend State in the fall, his Reach school. Thank you so much for his 4 year Plan and Follow Up Meetings these past few years, and your suggestions on listing his extracurricular activities so he could stand out from other applicants. All of the action steps really work!
Thank you so much for all your help! Not only did my writing and grammar improve tremendously with your help, I also got accepted into my my first choice school - UVA! The lessons you taught me about writing and phrase structure will stay with me forever. Your guidance throughout the whole process was invaluable, and I truly believe I could not have done it without you. I really enjoyed working with you and I am so grateful for your help presenting myself as the best version of myself to all my colleges. I had so much confidence in my application as a whole and in my many supplemental essays when I submitted them and I am beyond excited to be attending my number one school. Thank you so much again!
I just wanted to let you know that I got accepted into Vanderbilt today! Thank you so much for your advice on what to do when deferred because I really think it helped me get in. This was my biggest reach out of all the schools I applied to and I couldn’t have gotten to this point without your help! Thanks again!
I'm so excited to share that I got into TUFTS! I'm so grateful for your help and guidance over the past four years. As I reflect on our first Plan meeting at the beginning of my freshman year and every subsequent semester check-in and/or yearly meeting, they all were instrumental in helping me to discover my passions, and your Plan advice became a constant guide as I pursued them. When it was time to start the college application process and begin writing my essays this past summer, I felt confidently prepared to tell my stories. Thank you for your constant support and honest feedback during our meetings! I learned so much from you about how to be a more effective writer through your summer enrichment writing courses, and your mock interviews confidently prepared me for my college admission interviews. I'm deeply grateful for how you've strengthened and solidified my organizational, communication, and writing skills! THANK YOU for helping me get into my dream school!!
My daughter was accepted at all five colleges and awarded merit scholarships across the board. Thank you for your help! Now, onto the decision making. 🙂
Our son got into Penn State, one of his first choices, in addition to five of his other schools. Two of the schools, one public and one private, offered him scholarship money! He is still waiting on two others, but I wanted to thank you for working with him. I have seen much growth in his writing.
We were so lucky to have found Pat. The PLAN was critical in helping our girls delineate what was important, where to put their efforts, and how to showcase their talents. She has a wonderful ability to see the best in every child. This is some of the best money we've ever spent!
Thank you so much for helping my daughter navigate the extremely competitive college admissions process. She is so excited to be attending Duke in the fall of 2022. Your help with college essays not only made her a stronger candidate but also a much better lifetime writer! I am so grateful & pleased and I have you to thank for that.
First, thank you for your help with my law school essays. It was so much fun to work on applications and essays with you again, some four years later. And you were right! You told me to choose the "best fit" law school, and I chose a smaller school. Your "big fish, small pond" advice was right. I graduated cum laude and was on Law Review. I already have a job in Raleigh clerking while I wait to take the bar exam. I'm so grateful for all of your help over the past 10 years. Update: I passed the bar exam on the first try! I can't wait for my first case!
You were instrumental to my college search process. Without your valuable insight, Syracuse would not have even been on my radar. Thanks to my College Match, I'm starting there in the fall and can't wait to be an Orange.
I just got accepted into my dream school (UCLA) and I couldn’t have done it without you! Our meetings not only helped me with my college essays, but with my confidence as a writer as well. Thank you SO much!
I cannot thank you enough for all you have done to help keep my daughter on track. You are an incredible asset. From our very first meeting years ago, you gave her confidence needed to realize that she was special, and you lessened the anxiety of what can be an intimidating process. She feels really good about her application and essays. You did so much to help her bring out the best through her words. I know you helped make her shine and spotlight these accomplishments to prospective colleges/universities.
I seriously could not have done this without you! You gave me confidence to improve my writing while you helped me with editing my essays. You also provided guidance in representing my extracurricular activities in a more concise way When I submitted my applications, I knew I had presented my best self. With your help, I got into EVERY SCHOOL I applied to except for two high Reach schools, and ended up committing to UNC Chapel Hill, which was my dream school! I am forever grateful for the opportunities and great advice you provided to me. Thank you again!
You helped me shift my thinking about what my college essay should look like, and guided me into preparing an essay that would stand out among hundreds of applications. I am forever grateful for your immense knowledge and your patience with me. You even scheduled an emergency session the night my application was due to ensure my essay was the best it could possibly be. I am certain that without your help, I would not be attending the accelerated Bachelor's of Nursing program at UNC that begins in spring 2022. Thank you again!
The improvement I’ve seen in my writing through working with you is impressive. I'm a much stronger and more confident writer now, and I am so proud of my college essays. I feel well prepared for college writing courses. I can’t thank you enough!
