The personal statement that gets a second read is the one with a clear narrative arc and a voice admissions officers remember. Thomas went through the application gauntlet for both medical school and his MPH program, so he knows how to shape a rough draft into something structurally tight and genuin...

A triple major in Plan II Honors, Psychology, and Music at UT Austin gave Jasmine an unusual range of experiences to draw from when brainstorming essay angles — and admissions officers notice that kind of originality. She teaches students to identify the specific personal detail or turning point tha...

Law school taught Andrea one thing above all else: how to construct an argument that holds together from the first sentence to the last. She brings that structural discipline to college essays, coaching students to find a genuine personal narrative and shape it into a piece that admissions readers a...

Writing a college essay that stands out means finding the one specific story only you can tell — and then structuring it so the reader cares by the second sentence. Jett went through this process recently as a current UT Austin student and walks applicants through brainstorming, drafting, and tighte...

An anthropology degree trains you to observe human behavior closely and tell a compelling story about what you find — skills Neil brings directly to college essay work. He digs into what makes a student's experience specific and worth reading, then shapes that raw material into a narrative with a cl...

Having navigated 17 AP exams and the UT Austin application process as a computer science major, Beau knows what admissions readers look for — a clear narrative thread that connects specific experiences to genuine intellectual curiosity. He teaches students to move past vague claims about "passion" a...

As a senior at the University of North Texas juggling a political science major, a criminal justice minor, and certificates in legal studies and Latine/Mexican American studies, Lianna has written her share of personal statements and application essays. She knows how to pull a specific story from a ...

I am an interdisciplinary educator with an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. My background is primarily in integrated arts learning and museum education and I specialize in visual arts, history and art history, and object-based learning. In all su...

I'm not tutoring or buried in my textbooks, you will either find me rock climbing at the Triangle Rock Club, playing Ultimate Frisbee, working on my car, or enjoying the great outdoors (beaches, mountains, forests--you name it, I love it). On rainy weekends I enjoy tinkering with computers and old e...

I am a recent graduate from a masters program in biostatistics at Columbia University. I received my Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences, with a focus in neurobiology at Northwestern University. In August, I will be starting a doctoral program in biostatistics at NYU. I was a teaching assistant ...

I am a graduate of Wesleyan University, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with High Honors. With eight years of experience working in education, I've tutored students in math, science, history, and English, as well as helped students prepare for standardized tests. I've guided adults...

I am proud to be a part of Varsity Tutors! I am originally from San Antonio, TX; I completed my undergraduate education at Rice University in Houston where I received a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Currently, I am in my second year of medical school at Baylor College of Medici...

I am a rising sophomore at Harvard College and am about to declare as a Mechanical Engineering concentrator, working towards a Bachelor of Science degree. I've always enjoyed sharing my knowledge with my peers and those around me and have done so in both formal and informal settings. I've been a tut...

I am a graduate of Washington University in St Louis, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in History with minors in Humanities and Anthropology. Since graduation, I have worked as a tutor, teacher, and director of tutors at a charter public middle school in Boston. During this time I also received ...

I'm Solange - a recent graduate from Harvard where I studied Sociology & Women's Studies. I've been tutoring for eight years now, and have worked with a wide range of ages and in a wide range of subjects. Some of my specialties are college prep/test taking II worked in the admissions office on campu...