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Graduate School and College Application Essay Coaching
"We educate and motivate. You create."

mortarboardHow to Get Started With Essay Coaching

If you’ve never worked with Essay Coaching before, please read “What to Expect” and “Packages and Rates.”

We offer new clients a free 15 minute consultation to answer your questions prior to an appointment, so please send us a note to set that up.  During that 15 minute phone consultation, you can also schedule a 50 minute professional appointment for the usual fee.

If you’ve had previous appointments with Essay Coaching for any family member, here’s how to make an appointment now, in four easy steps:

  1. Tell us who you are and your preliminary plan. (Jumpstart form)
  2. Learn about payment.
  3. Find a time you like and make an appointment online.
  4. Send additional information. (optional)

The first thing you’ll want to do is make an appointment and download fill out your Jumpstart form.

#1Jumpstart Form to Get Us Organized (Takes about 5-10 minutes)

Essay Coaching studentThis form makes us into a powerful team. You type a bit and think a little bit more. Share your contact info, high school GPA, colleges you are considering, and their essay prompts. Now you are on track for our first session! We have a form for undergraduates and graduate students.

Download our undergraduate Jumpstart contact form

#2Pay for Your Sessions

Please prepay here if you are scheduling a video chat, email, or phone session or would like to schedule more than one session at a time. The charge will be $150 for the initial meeting and $120 for follow-up meetings, unless you choose to purchase a package. For meetings in my office, I also accept cash or checks made out to Debbie Merion LLC. I appreciate payment at or before the time of the session. Thank you.

#3Make An Appointment

Schedule an appointment today. The calendar below is a little s..l..o..w…, so please be patient. Your appointment will be approximately 50 minutes (sometimes we go a little over!). Please schedule one session at a time, unless you have prepaid.

#4Send Additional Info

If you have other information that you think would be helpful, please send it either by email. Added info could be:

  • Resumés
  • Bios
  • References
  • Parent’s brag sheet
  • Portfolio
  • Drafts

For your draft please email either a .docx or share a Google doc. For other items, we accept PDFs, excel, video links, or jpgs.

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