Two experienced readers. One focused review. A stronger essay that still sounds like you.
Application essays are hard to write because you are trying to tell a meaningful story about yourself while wondering how someone else will read it.
That is where we come in.
Submit Your Essay ReviewChristine Chapman and Grace Mitchell, two experienced admissions professionals, read your essay and help you understand what is working, what is getting lost, and where it can become stronger.
Christine and Grace both read your essay, starting with the big picture:
A recording that walks you through our reactions, explaining more than a comment in the margin ever could. Pause it, replay it, and come back to it while you revise.
Your essay back in a shared Google Doc with detailed comments, questions, and suggestions. We are not handing you a rewritten essay. We are giving you a road map for revision.
Plus one follow-up review once you revise.
Share it in a Google Doc, along with the prompt and the word or character limit.
Christine and Grace each bring their own perspective to the writing.
The recording and your commented Google Doc.
You make the decisions, because the finished essay still needs to belong to you. Send the revision back for your follow-up review.
Because there is no single perfect reaction to an essay.
One reader may notice structure while another focuses on voice, and that conversation can tell you far more than a list of corrections.
You are not simply receiving edits.
You are gaining access to the reader experience.
Applicants at every stage of the admissions process.
Independent, boarding, and day school applications
Personal statements, Common App, supplements, and scholarship essays
Explaining where you have been and where you are trying to go
Statements of purpose and personal statements
Some essays are funny.
The goal is to help you create a clearer, stronger, more intentional version of what you are trying to say.
You will receive your initial recorded review and commented Google Doc within three days of submitting your essay and materials.
After checkout, you will receive instructions for submitting your essay by email.
Please send the essay along with the original application prompt and any applicable word or character limit.
Your essay can be at almost any stage of the writing process.
That said, The Essay Review is most useful once you have at least a rough draft. You do not need to feel good about it, and it definitely does not need to feel finished. We just need enough on the page to understand the direction you are considering and give you meaningful feedback.
Absolutely.
Please send the exact prompt as it appears on the application, along with the word or character limit.
We need to understand what the application is actually asking in order to evaluate whether your essay is accomplishing what it needs to accomplish.
The Essay Review is available year-round for a wide range of application writing, including:
Your initial Essay Review includes perspectives from Christine Chapman and Grace Mitchell.
The goal is to give you more than one reader's reaction to your writing. We may notice different things, ask different questions, or react differently to a particular section, and that conversation can be an important part of understanding how your writing is landing.
Your initial review includes:
After you revise, you may submit the same essay for one included follow-up review, which may include a Loom-style recording, additional Google Doc comments, and final suggestions or tweaks.
No.
We may demonstrate how a sentence or section could be approached differently, suggest moving material around, or comment on specific language, but we will not rewrite the essay for you.
The goal is to give you enough direction to make thoughtful revisions while ensuring that the final essay remains your work and your voice.
Watch the recording, work through the comments in your Google Doc, and revise your essay.
Once you have completed that revision, you can send the essay back for your included follow-up review.
No.
The substantial two-reader analysis happens during the initial review.
Your included follow-up is a more focused final review of the revised essay and may consist of a Loom-style recording, Google Doc comments, and final suggestions or adjustments.
The included follow-up covers a revision of the essay originally submitted.
If you decide to start over with a substantially different essay, story, or application response, that would be considered a new Essay Review.
Yes, but each Essay Review covers one essay.
If you would like feedback on additional essays or supplements, each one can be purchased as a separate Essay Review, subject to monthly availability.
No.
The Essay Review is a standalone service and is available to students and applicants who are not currently working with Chapman Education.
Not at all.
The Essay Review is available to private school applicants, undergraduate applicants, transfer applicants, graduate school applicants, and other students completing admissions-related writing.
Yes.
The Essay Review is offered year-round, with availability limited to 20 reviews per month so that we can give each submission the attention it deserves.
The Essay Review is $500 per essay.
That includes the initial two-reader review, recorded feedback, detailed Google Doc comments, and one follow-up review of your revised essay.
$500
Ready for a fresh set of eyes?
Submit Your Essay ReviewLimited to 20 Essay Reviews per month.
Once the month’s 20 spots are filled, Essay Reviews close until the following month.
