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With over 15 years of experience in academic advising and student services, I empower diverse student populations to achieve their educational and career goals. I specialize in program administration, student recruitment, and retention, skillfully managing TRIO Student Support Services initiatives. My expertise lies in building strong relationships with students, faculty, and community partners, alongside delivering exceptional communication and leadership. I have a proven ability to coordinate campus programs, provide career guidance, and enhance student success through strategic support. I leverage my data management skills and organizational prowess to streamline processes and create impactful learning environments. If you are looking to enhance your academic programs or need a dedicated advisor for student success, let’s connect to discuss how I can support your goals.

I'm a graduate student looking to make some extra money on the side. I have a strong background in academic and professional writing. I can: - Edit your college/graduate school application essays and personal statements - Proofread your academic papers (I am very comfortable with APA specifically) - Fact check - Generally work on any piece of writing where a knowledge of the healthcare field is required. - Help you develop your resume or personal statement

Over 40 years of experience helping students get into the college or university of their dreams. Expert essay editing and overall application review/help for college, graduate school, law school, and medical school applications. Susan's attention to detail, unrelenting pursuit of excellence, and dedication to your goals will ensure that your application is communicated perfectly. BIOGRAPHY: Susan graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA. She received her JD from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, was admitted to the State Bar of California, and was appointed and then elected twice to the Santa Monica Rent Control Board, serving as Chair for several years. A resident of the Bay Area for 14 years now, Susan has over 40 years of experience in education; she was the director of (and sole college counselor for) a rigorous, independent, college-preparatory high school for nearly 30 years and a Master/Senior Admissions Consultant at the Bay Area's largest educational consulting company. Her students have been accepted to every Ivy League school, every "Little Ivy" school, MIT, Stanford, the United States Air Force Academy, UChicago, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, University of Michigan, Vanderbilt, WashU, Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and many other top 50 national universities and liberal arts colleges, including Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, and Wellesley. Susan is an expert essay editor and has extensive experience guiding students across all majors. She is a lifelong advocate for social justice and women's rights. She loves the LA Dodgers, Golden State Warriors, H.E.R., J. Cole, Dolly Parton, and K-pop, especially BTS, Treasure, The Rose/Woosung, and BamBam.

As an admissions consultant, I focus on shaping unique narratives to highlight each student’s experiences, skills, and achievements. My aim is to work collaboratively with students to understand their interests and experiences to craft an authentic personal statement that will capture the attention of admissions officers. 📚 Now Offering Self-Paced Courses on Upwork! In addition to 1:1 support, I offer digital courses through my Project Catalog — designed to make high-quality admissions guidance more accessible and affordable. These courses walk students step-by-step through key application topics like building a college list, writing compelling personal statements, and choosing the right extracurriculars. Each one includes video modules, actionable tools, and mindset strategies to make the process less stressful and more empowering. My services encompass the following: 1. Extracurricular Activities & Resume/CV Building: I will help you articulate your extracurricular engagements in a way that exhibits your dedication, leadership, and growth. We'll also construct a captivating resume that emphasizes your skills and achievements. 2. College Essays & Personal Statements: I will guide you through the creation of an authentic, impactful narrative that embodies your uniqueness and potential. Together, we'll turn your experiences and aspirations into personal statements that resonate with admissions officers. If you are seeking a detail-oriented admissions consultant to assist with highlighting your story, I am here to help. I look forward to collaborating with you on this pivotal journey!

I am an Ivy-league trained English Professor with over 25 years of experience in writing and publishing with a particular expertise in academic writing and publishing. I have served as a reader and a member of the editorial boards of several academic journals and presses, and have read admission essays for graduate and undergraduate programs and for national and international fellowships and scholarships. I have also successfully guided clients in obtaining competitive professional grants, including NEH, Mellon, SRI and Fulbright, as well as book contracts with presses such as UC Berkeley, Stanford, U of Chicago, Cambridge and Oxford. I also have extensive experience in the academic promotion process, having been a department head and serving on my college's APT committee. While I have an expertise in academic writing, here on Upwork I have helped writers complete and publish essays in a wide range of fields, including business, fintech, medicine, law, self-improvement and fiction. I can help with all aspects of the process, from how to start a book to how to write a proposal and secure a publisher. I offer a 10% discount to those who are the first in their families or adjunct faculty. See below for specific information on my services and rates. DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR & WRITING COACH $95 an hour As a developmental editor and writing coach, my goal is to help get your writing into the world, whether you already have a manuscript and a contract from a press or simply a rough idea of something you'd like to write. I will meet you where you are and help you with any and every stage of the writing process--from the brainstorming and planning stages to the writing, revising and final editing to responding to reader reports and reviews and securing publication. I am particularly good at taking a very rough, rough draft--or even a rough idea--and helping a writer massage it into a compelling and well-structured narrative. I am also quite good at helping writers who find themselves "stuck" in a particular project and need help crafting a plan to move forward. THESIS AND DISSERTATION EDITOR AND WRITING COACH $95 an hour Writing a dissertation is hard, I know! I wrote one myself and, as an English professor for over 20 years, I helped shepherd many students through the process. Unfortunately, not every graduate program provides their students with the kind of guidance and structure that most of us need for taking on a project of this size. That is where I come in. I taught graduate level writing for many years and have supported graduate students working in a variety of fields, including the social sciences, humanities, technology, business and finance, computer science and education. I am a fast and careful proofreader and line editor, proficient in a number of citation styles, including MLA, Chicago, Oxford m, Harvard and APA, and able to carefully follow the publishing guidelines of the press you are working with. I am also conversant in a number of national Englishes. However, my talents really lie in helping clients with larger holistic issues, including argument development, organization and structure, and responding to committee feedback. I’m also especially good at helping writers who get stuck in a project or are suffering from writer’s block. My mantra is that a done dissertation is the best dissertation and I can help you craft a plan to make that come to fruition. COLLEGE AND GRADUATE ADMISSIONS ESSAYS $120 an hour As an English professor for 20+ years, I am especially attuned to what admissions materials need to contain in order to be effective. I have sat on a number of admissions committees and served on the selection committees for a number of national and international scholarships and fellowships. I have a particular expertise in graduate admissions and my clients have been accepted into several competitive programs at top schools, including Harvard, UC Berkeley, Stanford, the Wharton School of Business, Cornell and Yale, among others. I have supported clients in a wide range of fields, including medicine, law, the humanities, social sciences, counseling, nursing (including several DNP applicants), and public policy. I can help you prepare your CV and writing samples (if required), as well as prepare for any standardized tests or interviews. But where my expertise really lies is in the statement of purpose. The SOP is especially important since at some point in the admissions process everyone has good grades, laudatory recommendations and exemplary test scores. I have a proven system of helping even clients who think they can't write create compelling and organic narratives that tell the story of who they are and why they are a great match for a program.

I help MBA and postgrad applicants break into Ivy League and Oxbridge programs with a strong narrative, essays that sound like you, and a strategy built on how these schools think. I also work with a select number of undergraduate applicants each cycle. As a Cambridge and LSE admit myself, I've experienced firsthand what these selection processes look for and I've spent 10+ years reverse-engineering what consistently works across Ivy, M7 and Oxbridge programs. 100+ admits. Millions in scholarship funding secured. I find what makes a candidate compelling, often things they haven't articulated themselves and build it into a narrative top programs remember. My own background spans consulting, startups, government, and nonprofits, which helps me find the thread in almost any profile. Wins include a low-GPA admit to Harvard MBA and an Oxford admit with 100% tuition funding. I am especially helpful to: - Experienced professionals from consulting, banking, and industry who have done more than their application currently shows - Nontraditional candidates without cookie-cutter GPAs or test scores looking to highlight strengths in other areas - International and minority applicants who want someone who gets their background from the inside - Undergrad applicants whose transcript doesn't tell the whole story - Waitlisted or rejected applicants who want to make a compelling case through informal channels What I do - School selection and programme strategy - End-to-end essay and personal statement development — SOP, CV and beyond - Interview preparation - Scholarship and fellowship application support