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Your final application review, before your big moment.
Get a personalized review of your CV and two written statements, with actionable feedback to help you strengthen your materials and submit with confidence.
What's included
Here's What You'll Get:
- A Fresh Look at Your CV - I'll flag opportunities to better highlight your research, experiences, and accomplishments.
- Stronger, Clearer Essays - I'll review two written statements for clarity, impact, and prompt alignment.
- An Expert Second Opinion - I'll point out potential weaknesses and missed opportunities, while also highlighting what's already working well.
- A Check for Consistency - I'll look at your CV and essays together to make sure they tell a consistent story about your background and goals.
- Confidence Before You Submit - I'll help you put things into perspective, identify your top priorities, and feel more confident about the application you're submitting.
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Meet your expert
Laurisa A.
You Belong in Graduate School. Let's Build the Application that Proves It.
As a student, I didn't know you could get a PhD (let alone get paid to do one) until my junior year of college. By that point I'd already stumbled my way into research by accident: I started in my department's stockroom as a work-study student, found an opening washing dishes in a lab, and ended up leading my own research project and publishing a first-author paper. Nobody handed me a roadmap. I just kept saying yes to the next open door. That experience is why I do this work. I'm a first-gen PhD graduate from MSU, and I have spent years inside graduate admissions by founding programs designed specifically to help students figure out how this process works and make a genuine case for themselves. I know what a strong application looks like from both sides, and more importantly, I know what it feels like to not know where to start. When we work together, it won't feel like a checklist. We'll figure things out together from where to apply, what to say, and how to tell your story in a way that's completely, authentically yours. We start with one question: why do you want to go to graduate school? And we build everything from there. Whether you're a first-generation student, a career-changer, or simply someone who wants to get this right, let's chat.