28,089Leland Reviews

Rachel was my only writing tutor for my college essay. She helped me a lot with writing, grammar, and making my essays flow better. She truly enjoys working with students and teaching them about writing. Rachel was flexible with her schedule, even though we were in different time zones. She is the best writing mentor and played a crucial role in my college process.

Rachel was my primary and only writing tutor in my stressful times of applying to college. Through my 8 weeks with her, she created an extremely organized format in writing my essays, and before each meeting she would proactively go over my writing and provide advice. In our actual meetings, Rachel provided warmth and also helped me through other parts of my college applications. She is truly passionate about her work and helping her clients.

Had a great experience working with Junius! He was so helpful while brainstorming and writing my essays and he had great insights on the admissions process.

During R2 of the 2020/21 cycle, I – a non-traditional, outlier, international applicant – applied to various business schools. Besides the platform, I also used some of the supplementary services in a very targeted way, working with Carin to polish my Wharton & Lauder essays before submitting them. I appreciated the level of commitment and dedication she provided throughout the process of reviewing my essays. She was highly responsive, was invested in my candidacy despite the fact we did not work extensively and even made sure to add a special slot for me so that she could make a final review of my material. Her professionalism and experience as an admission consultant were evident as well. The feedback she provided was always candid, concise, and actionable. She highlighted the strong portion of the essays and precisely what was missing to make them even more robust, referencing specific resources. Besides working with her directly on my essays, she was always accessible to answer specific questions about the different applications and provided solid advice throughout the process with no additional cost. I highly recommend Carin. Even if your essays are in good shape, she will provide you with encouragement and constructive feedback to make sure you submit the best application possible. She was over the moon when I told her that I was accepted to Wharton/Lauder with substantial fellowships to both programs, indicating how invested she was in my candidacy and how rewarding it was to work with her on some of my essays.

Though I was (and am) confident in my story and motivations for pursuing an MBA, my background is very non-traditional, so I knew I wanted a knowledgeable, no-nonsense opinion of some of my application essays. Carin provided just that and really helped me accentuate and focus in on my unique strengths and experiences. I was accepted to seven of the eight schools that I applied to and received scholarship offers at more than half. Carin is great, I can’t recommend her enough!

Carin was a huge help to my application and essential for my success in the admissions process. After going 0/3 in R1, I was able to get multiple admissions to top programs in R2. I worked with Carin on my story and essays and really thought it improved my application. She was timely and on point with her feedback and brought my application to a more cohesive final product. Without her, I’m sure I wouldn’t have received the offers I have today!

Carin offered me so much help in my application process. The advice from her about my essay, career goal, and interview are very helpful. A very important thing is how she gives her advice. She is so friendly but also gives very useful advice for things that need to be improved. Within the help from Carin, I got offers from Kellogg, Stern with $$, Darden with $, and Cornell with $, a result that too good to be true for me. Thank you so much, Carin, you changed my life!

I was international applicant going through the process for the first time. To make things worse, I was working 12-15 hours a day and had very little time to work on my apps. Applying during the COVID-19 application cycle, I knew it would be extremely difficult to get into a good program. Getting Carin's help was the best decision I made that year. Carin was extremely responsive and invested throughout the process. I got all my essays reviewed by her and received a lot of thoughtful input. It wasn't for her, I wouldn't have been able to secure an admission to Yale SOM.

I was incredibly delighted by my outcomes (admits to Stern, Haas, LBS, Kellogg, Yale, Tuck, UCLA and McCombs—as well as generous scholarships from many of them and one full ride!) and I couldn’t have done it without Carin. The Strategic Essay Reviews I booked with Carin really helped me polish my story and make my essays shine. She was extremely helpful in helping me refine my career goals and my story, in addition to identifying target schools. She often went above and beyond to answer my questions over email and help me iterate over my career vision until I uncovered a winning strategy. I found that her advice on one of my essays was often applicable to several of them, and she really helped me showcase my strengths and personality to the admissions committee. She was integral in helping me identify points to focus on in my application, and I truly felt like I’d put my best foot forward after working with her. I can’t recommend her help enough—I honestly couldn’t have done it without her!

Ariel is extremely helpful, encouraging, and positive. She was supportive and flexible in meeting my needs throughout my application process. She is very knowledgeable and provides constructive feedback. I could always depend on her to get back to me quickly and plan our next steps. I would highly recommend Ariel for any part of your application!