"Rachel is a godsend! As a first generation student, she has been instrumental in helping me navigate this college process. She is a seasoned professional and truly passionate about her craft, which showed in our 10 sessions together. From our first consultation, she expertly broke down my life experiences into a coherent story on paper. My personal statement started at around 1000 words, and we were able to get it down to exactly 650 words. Rachel works efficiently, sometimes banging out 2 - 3 essays per session. She is generous with her time, always following up and ensuring each session goes smoothly. Rachel has been a pleasure to work with, as I looked forward to every session. I would recommend Rachel to anyone who is navigating the college process!"

--IZ (student)

 

"Rachel was an absolute lifesaver. She guided my son in crafting an essay on a topic that was creative, personal, and truly his own. Her warmth, patience, and insight made the entire process so much easier, and several of the colleges he was accepted to made a point of mentioning how much they loved his essay!"--LK (parent)

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"Last summer I spent time workshopping ideas, editing, and producing a final draft of my personal statement with Rachel Sherman. Rachel was not only supportive and honest, but she also motivated me to write. During the brainstorming process, I immediately knew she was going to help me get into the school of my dreams as she guided me to create a multilayered essay. I would recommend Rachel Sherman to anyone looking to write an amazing college essay!"-- WH (student)

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"So glad we found Rachel! My son is on the autism spectrum and has ADHD. Writing about personal things is really hard for him. In just three sessions, Rachel built a great rapport with him and helped him get the thoughts out of his head and on to paper in a great essay that was authentic to him. He is so proud of it, he has shown it to all his teachers and our family members!" - DM (parent)

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“Rachel was an angel. I came to her with a draft for an essay and walked away with a whole new one. Applying with this new essay I had so much more confidence. She helped me organize so much and truly was the best. I can’t recommend her enough: she is patient and the sweetest. I went in with little knowledge and left with so much! I am so truly grateful and appreciative for her.”–AS (student)

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"Rachel is an amazing resource at helping high school students to write their personal essays as part of their college application processes. Her guidance with two of our sons was insightful, and her expertise in storytelling enabled our sons to effectively express themselves and share key life experiences. We highly recommend Rachel for college application support, and we plan to hire her again when our third son is ready to prepare his college applications."-EA (parent)

"Rachel was a lifesaver during the stress of college applications. My son had to complete several essays and was not very comfortable being vulnerable in his writing. Rachel was able to help him unlock this vulnerability and authenticity and write beautiful essays that represent who he is to the college. She was patient, kind and incredibly talented. He applied early decision to a top 10 school and was accepted!"-- DS (parent)

 

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"We think the essay guidance Rachel gave our son - over ten sessions of drafting and editing - made all the difference. He had suffered some Pandemic depression that necessitated his moving high schools two times and which impacted his grade point average. He did recover well, but still, the damage was done. But despite the challenges, he got into both the safe and reach schools. Including Bard College, which we could not believe and which we were thrilled about. We have a younger daughter, and we'll have her work with Rachel as well when the time comes."--GM (parent)
 

"Rachel was genuinely the best resource I could’ve had throughout the college application process. She got me very organized and was such a big help in writing my essays. I had about 17 essays to write and that was overwhelming, but Rachel helped make it so much more manageable. She was also so helpful for figuring out my personal statement topic. Overall, she is so knowledgeable about what needs to be in a college essay and anyone would be lucky to use her expertise."-- MW (student)

 

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"Rachel helped me mold a collection of scattered ideas into a cohesive and personal essay that truly reflected who I am. She guided me to find my voice and bring authenticity to my story."-- MK (student)