What families say about essay coaching

“Bryan is an exceptional College Essay coach who can demolish any writer’s block through a systematic approach that breaks down the prompt into small achievable goals. His ability to pull out the writer’s most powerful thoughts into each paragraph is truly a gift.”

“Bryan gives specific, actionable and insightful feedback. His efforts made every essay better by leaps and bounds. He met all our timelines and provided an honest appraisal of our progress and quality. We have used many tutors… Bryan is the top of our list.”

“I came to Bryan needing help taking my first draft of my Common App personal statement to a finished copy within a very short time period. After just 1.5 sessions, my essay was completely finished and incredibly well done.”

“Bryan is the exact writing coach we have been looking for! His feedback is thorough and focused, and he organizes it in a comprehensive and helpful way. Bryan works with you to identify your strongest themes, pays attention to your voice, and helps you tie your experiences together to weave your own engaging story.”

“Bryan is amazingly helpful with preparing and polishing essay drafts. He could start from scratch and collaborate to come up with an outline to draft a new essay, or work to refine and finalize an essay. Bryan was just so very helpful with all aspects of the college essay process.”

“Bryan has been a blessing for our HS senior son. He has turned the stressful time of preparing college essays and applications into an enjoyable one. The sessions have all been extremely productive and efficient. They don’t waste any time. Would HIGHLY recommend Bryan for any college essay coaching.”

“My daughter has been working with Bryan on her college essays for the past eight weeks. He’s extremely efficient and skilled at editing in the hour-long sessions. He maintains the students’ voice in the essays while also improving their flow. I would highly recommend Bryan to anyone who needs help with college essays.”

“After just one meeting, my son has an initial outline for an essay idea he had. Bryan asked questions to get my son thinking about his topic and identify interesting angles to expand on. His responses are thoughtful and well written—which bodes well for his ability to help others write well.”

“Bryan helped our son with college essays. He has an excellent way of working with students—asking them questions and prompting them to reflect. Very methodological at the same time. Highly recommended.”

“If you need assistance with any writing assignments our family highly recommends Bryan. Bryan assisted my younger son with the review of his Common App essay and my older son with his law school essays. He was direct, engaged, and a gifted writer.”

“I hired Bryan to help my HS senior with college essays. The very first session, they completed a strong outline. He is patient, creative, smart, and extremely helpful. I am so happy we found him!”

“From the first session out of the gate he was prepared and focused. He kept my son on track with a great way of really listening and honoring my son’s authentic voice while gently steering him to mold that in ways that would help him succeed. I was very impressed.”

“My son has made great progress on his college essays and the work product, with Bryan’s help, is outstanding. I highly recommend Bryan!”

“Bryan helped my son by guiding him on how to write his college essays. Even though my son had a topic, writing the essay was not easy for him—and Bryan helped him by asking him relevant questions and providing a structure to developing the essay. He also helped review college app questions and provided feedback on how to make them stronger.”

“Mr. H is hands down one of the best tutors I’ve ever had. He has eased this college application season so much for me and even helped me with expanding my vocabulary.”

“My son was stressed to write his college essay and Bryan made it a piece of cake for him. He was very patient and really helped my son portray his ideas in his essay.”

“Bryan H. helped me with writing my college essays and he made the process very straightforward by guiding me through every step and helping me find my voice and story.”

“Very patient and thoughtful individual and has good insight on what teaching styles are going to get the best results. We are grateful that we found him to help our son with his college essay and applications.”

“Bryan is a great fit for my son. He seems to really understand my son’s needs to get the job done at every session. My reserved son feels very comfortable working with Bryan and excited about the progress he has made after only three sessions.”

“Bryan is assisting my daughter with essay questions for college apps. He has great guidance, developed a writing schedule and review process, and she now has direction toward content and focus on the essay questions.”

“Bryan was really great with my daughter, helping her with her college essay. He was patient and explained to her what she needed. He also guided her through the process.”

“With just one session for my daughter, I immediately noticed a tremendous change in her. She is now motivated and ready to write a killer essay. Bryan is very positive, encouraging and helpful. We will be using Bryan for our younger daughter as well, and for all their writing needs in the future.”

“With just one session, Bryan helped my son make great progress with his college essay. I’m very impressed. We will be continuing working with him in later sessions.”

“Bryan’s guidance was invaluable in strengthening my essays. He identified key areas I had overlooked, enhancing their competitiveness. His insights not only improved my writing but also gave me peace of mind, knowing my essays were robust and effective.”

“I used Bryan to review my niece’s personal essay. This was the best decision! He was so detailed and thorough in his explanations. He was able to highlight the strengths in the essay and also was able to make suggestions to the areas that needed to be reworded or added.”

“Great session helping fine tune my daughter’s college essay. He helped her brainstorm ideas to make her essay more polished and impactful. I highly recommend Bryan.”

“My son had a great first session with Bryan to work on his essay. He really helped my son fine tune the essay and is very organized and concise. Will definitely continue working with Bryan!”

“He works very fast! He did an outstanding job and gave great feedback! We will definitely use him for assistance in the future.”

“Bryan is a very knowledgeable tutor with a unique ability to pay meticulous attention to details that can make a huge difference when applying to your dream school. He guided me through the process of constructing and elevating my college essay to a much higher standard.”

“Bryan is lovely to work with. My daughter had multiple sessions with him and he always provided quick and valuable solutions. He is also very positive and easy to communicate with.”

“Bryan was an absolute pleasure to work with. He is incredibly insightful and highly responsive, consistently going above and beyond to meet his students’ needs. Bryan loves what he does, and nothing makes this more apparent than the quality of his teaching and the outcomes of his students.”

“Great ability to capture the most important items of my strengths. Awesome skills to summarize our conversation and plan next steps. Very good first session.”

“Bryan was great with explaining MLA format and structuring my essay paper. He’s incredibly knowledgeable about the entire process of creating a coherent and effective essay. Highly recommended.”

“Bryan has been tutoring my 11-year-old daughter for several months now. After every lesson she is excited to write and apply all of the things she has learned from him. His tutoring is perfectly tailored to her academic level. She’s learning the things she needs to know and not wasting her time with things she has already mastered.”

“Bryan is very experienced and it was a pleasure to work with him. My son received a lot of good advice and guidance. My son was very anxious before the tutoring session but after working with Bryan he became more relaxed and confident.”

“He pushed me past the version that sounded like everyone else and helped me write something that sounded like me—sharper, more specific, and built around the question I actually wanted to study. I do not think I would have gotten in without that work.”