Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late…
Protect Your Teen From a Fall Full of Overwhelm With Their Essay & Activities List Done Early, and Done Right
More colleges are dropping their supplemental essays. (UNC and UGA just did.) That leaves the personal statement carrying more of the decision than ever. We handle it in one focused weekend, so you go back to being the parent, not the project manager. And you both get peace of mind.
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✓ 13 years · 300+ families guided
UPCOMING DATES:
August 1+2 | August 22-23 | September 5-6
Saturday: 10-4:30 PM ET
Sunday: 10-2:30 PM ET
You want the essay done.
Not “mostly done.” Not “I’ll get to it this weekend” done… for the fourth weekend in a row.
You don’t want to nag.
They don’t want to hear it.
And yet the tension keeps building… because the deadlines are real.
It doesn’t have to be like this. And applying to college doesn’t have to overshadow your whole fall.
Here’s the one piece your teen
has to get right: Their Essay.
Nearly every standout essay
has the same thing in common…
Not the most polished writing. Not the most impressive story. The reader simply finishes it knowing who your teen actually is.
Their values.
What they’ll bring to a campus that no one else will.
That’s the essay we build. Here’s what’s standing in the way, and what’s possible when it’s done right.
Here’s the challenge:
Most teens write the wrong essay. They submit a resume in paragraph form, or a five-paragraph English paper. Admissions readers have seen that version a thousand times.
No one taught them how. States don’t require this kind of writing, so teachers aren’t trained in it. For almost every teen, it’s brand new. (And part of why this essay is so hard for them to write.)
It’s not the essay they think it is. Yes, your teen has written longer papers a dozen times the night before it’s due. But length isn’t the issue here. A strong personal statement often takes 7-to-10 rounds of revision, digging for the most meaningful story and reshaping it each time. Most teens don’t get close on their own.
Which is exactly why about 1-in-4 students get professional help in applying to college. And that’s who your teen is really competing against. So…
Here’s the opportunity:
Certainty, not anxiety. On their own, teens are guessing, and so are you. “Is this right? Are we missing something?” Get a guide who’s done this hundreds of times and brings the insider angle you won’t find on any blog, plus the structure that keeps everything moving. Nothing gets dropped. No school falls off the list because time ran out. And you both know it’s being done right.
The chance at real money. Statistically, many teens won’t earn scholarships. But some of my students have earned $5K to $128K (and more), with their Personal Statement playing a key role.
Turn a maybe — or a rejection — into a yes. Your teen will be compared to hundreds (thousands?) of other students with nearly identical GPAs and test scores. At competitive schools, the Personal Statement can be up to 40% of the admissions decision, weighted as more than grades or test scores. So what sets your teen apart is who they’ve revealed themselves to be through their essay and activities list. That’s often what earns one student more acceptances, better schools, and the freedom to choose.
Complete Your Essay
in a Single Weekend
A two-day, small-group workshop for high school seniors to take their
Personal Statement from draft to done.
INTRODUCING…
THE PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDES…
NAIL YOUR ESSAY TOPIC
A guided video course to surface your teen’s strongest topic ideas before the weekend begins.
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ACTIVITIES
LIST LAB
A 2-hour one-on-one to ensure all 10 entries are as strong as the essay and ready to submit.
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STRATEGY SESSION
A 30-minute conversation to answer your questions — from testing to majors to school lists.
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The essay. The activities list. A plan.
All done. All handled. All ready to submit.
Here’s what your teen walks away with:
A completed Personal Statement, written in their voice, revealing their values, and ready to copy and paste into the Common App.
The confidence of knowing it’s done right. Not just done.
A repeatable writing process they’ll use for supplemental essays, scholarship applications, and beyond.
A clearer sense of the overall application process including what matters with GPA, test scores, and more, so nothing sneaks up on them this fall.
It also includes a guided topic course before the weekend, a one-on-one Activities List Lab, and a family strategy call.
And you?
You’ll have this off your plate,
and your teen back.
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I appreciate the fact that you're REALLY good at what you do. My son didn't make it easy on you, but his essay was completed on time and as promised.
Adam J. Antoszewski, Florida
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Our son actually listened to Christy (unlike when I tried to help), and she got him to open up about his experiences in ways I couldn't. The results speak for themselves — he got into one of his top choice schools with a great scholarship.
Annmarie Curley, Vermont
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My son says you really know your stuff... I appreciate how you give excellent feedback in a way that he could hear it. The process paid off, as he ended up with many offers from highly competitive colleges.
Scott Allen, Illinois
Here’s how it works:
5 live sessions. 2 days. One finished essay.
We meet on Zoom, or in person if you're near Charlotte. Saturday, 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM ET. Sunday, 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM ET. A mix of teaching, guided exercises, and real writing time, with breaks built in for meals and a breather. It's a small group, 10 students max, and many cohorts have only 3 to 5 teens, so every student gets real attention.
UPCOMING DATES:
August ½, Aug 22-23, Sept 5-6
or choose a future date TBD
Always held: Saturday 10:00 - 4:30 PM ET, Sunday 10:00 - 2:30 PM ET.Lock in this year's pricing before it goes up on August 1.
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Scheduled to take the ACT or SAT on Saturday morning?
You're covered. I've had dozens of students test Saturday morning and still finish the weekend. Just connect with me the week before and I'll get you set up ahead of time. Join us after lunch and you'll be right on pace with everyone else, ready to walk through to the end.
Your Double “Get It Done” Guarantee
If your teen joins on Saturday morning and decides it isn't for them, let me know before the afternoon sessions, and I'll refund you completely.
And if they show up, do the work, and still don't have an essay they're proud of by the end, I keep working with them until they do. However many extra touches it takes. That's the whole promise. Your teen leaves with a finished essay, not a sort of.
The lowest pricing of 2026 goes up on August 1.
Use the discount code provided on the checkout page.
That's the heart of it.
If you're ready, your teen's spot is one click away, at today's price.
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WHY IT'S SO HARD RIGHT NOWIf the doc is still sitting there unopened, it's not you.
By senior year, many teens have quietly stopped taking feedback from the people who love them most. It's not personal. It's developmental. They're in the middle of becoming, shifting from kid to young adult, and that often looks like pulling away, even when the help is good and needed.
So the Google Doc sits unopened, or unstarted. The kitchen gets tense. And you're in an impossible spot: you don't want to overstep, you want to show them you trust them, and you also know the deadlines are real.
Your teen has spent 11+ years inside a system that handed them due dates, structured assignments, and checkpoints. College applications have none of that. No teacher, no timeline, no grade at the end. I tell families it's like a part-time job with no paycheck, no manager, and no one telling your teen what to do next. So it slides to the bottom of their list. (Not yours.) And that's doubly true if ADHD, dyslexia, or anxiety are in the mix.
WHY IT WORKS WHEN IT COMES FROM MEI step in, so you can step back.
Here's what I've seen over and over: teens will take from me what they won't take from the people who love them most. I'm not their parent. There's no history, no tug-of-war. I give them a framework, a structure, and multiple rounds of specific feedback, so by the time they hit submit, they're not hoping the essay is good enough. They know it is.
I've been doing this for 13 years, with more than 400 families. I started as the essay specialist for a nationally recognized college-planning agency, coaching over 100 students before going out on my own. I know where teens get stuck, and I know how to get them unstuck.
What I've learned from all of them is simple. The best essay isn't the most polished or the most impressive. It's the one where the reader finishes knowing who that student is. Their values. How they move through hard things. What they'll bring to a campus that no one else will. That's the essay we build together, whether your teen is a strong writer or has never once been asked to write like this.
IS THIS YOUR FAMILYYou might see your family here.
The teen who gets
stuck, or overwhelmed.
Eleven years of structure, then suddenly none. For a lot of teens, that's the whole problem. It's not laziness. It's a task with no container around it.
“First, Christy worked
with our top-of-her-class daughter. Two years later, she helped our son, who has severe ADHD. She met each of them where they were. We’re so happy to have found her!”
Cyndi Pettit,
Colorado
For families unfamiliar
with the U.S. college system
Maybe you went to college in Dublin, Shanghai, Hanoi, or Delhi.
Or maybe you didn’t go at all.
Or maybe applying to college looked nothing like this when you did it (which is the case for most parents I speak with).
And now you find yourself without a map for what your teen is facing.
“International students have language barriers and challenges with the right grammar and tense. Christy takes it all on, does not let them quit, nor does she do it for them. Each of my students has ended up with a scholarship at their
1st-choice university.”
Dottie Lipinski,
Illinois,
Host Mom of 8
International
Students
For the family already stretched thin
Your teen is already stretched between travel season, a job, friends, and a full course load.
So are you—between your own work, the other kids at home, and aging parents who need you too.
Your plates were already full. Now this.
And you want to enjoy this last year with your teen at home, not spend it nagging, editing, or project managing the process.
“With a teen busy in sports
and other extracurriculars,
and two working parents, it wasn't a tough decision on
the front side to delegate
getting my teen on track with college essay writing. One less thing for us to stay on top of.”
Mary Claire Tillotson,
North Carolina
Inside the weekend.
Five live sessions across two days. Saturday, 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM ET. Sunday, 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM ET.
On Zoom, or in person near Charlotte. Teaching, guided exercises, and real writing time, with breaks built in for meals and a breather.
Here's what makes it different:
►It’s only me.
Not a month-long bootcamp with a team of faceless editors. The person your teen meets is the same person reading every draft and doing the final review. By the time we're done, your teen knows me and I know them.
►Your teen won’t get lost in the group.
They have multiple one-on-one conversations with me about their topic and their draft. About 17% change topics mid-workshop. That's not a problem. It's built in.
►Your teen is the ultimate authority.
Their story isn't in a Google search for the best essays that got in. It's in them. My job is to draw out the one that's genuinely, specifically theirs.
►The feedback feels like a conversation.
I shoot video walkthroughs and leave audio notes, talking through the draft like I'm sitting next to them. I call it Pocket Coaching, and it's available after the workshop until the essay is done.
►“Editing” is way more than proofreading.
I spend two to three hours on each essay, touching it five or six times. Think book editor with a first-time author, not teacher with a red pen.
…and here’s what it is NOT:
No peer review. Your teen’s essay is completely private — no sharing drafts with other students, no group critique. Every piece of feedback comes directly from me.
No busy work. Every minute of the workshop is spent on actual brainstorming, writing, and refining.
No pressure to perform. Breaks are built in and meant for resting (not writing). By Sunday afternoon, your teen will have a strong draft — and the momentum to finalize it with me the following week.
Everything your teen gets.
The essay. The activities list. A plan. All done, all handled, all off your plate.
The four bonuses that get it all done:
BONUS 1 — “Discover Your Best Topic” video course ($350 value). A short course your teen completes before Saturday, so ideas are already moving when we meet. Most kids freeze because they think they need a dramatic story. They don't. Your teen walks in with real options, not a blank page.
BONUS 2 — 1:1 Topic Review and Finalization ($300 value). Over Saturday's lunch break, we lock in the topic together. I confirm it, sharpen the angle, or redirect entirely (that happens for about 19% of students), then check once more Sunday morning. They don't write a word until the topic is right.
BONUS 3 — Essay Finish Line Session, scheduled separately ($500 value). The week after, a 90-minute one-on-one to take the draft from close to done, line by line, until it's ready to paste into the Common App. If they need more after that, I stay with them until it's finished.
BONUS 4 — Application Strategy Session, scheduled separately ($300 value). Thirty minutes, usually just the parents, for the questions that keep you up at night: testing, GPA, majors, school lists. I've held more than 600 of these. Not a sales call. Insider clarity for your family.
Super bonus:
Activities List Lab, scheduled separately ($325 value). At many selective schools the Activities List is up to 30% of the decision, more than grades (20%) or test scores (15%). In a 2-hour one-on-one, we choose the activities, order them strategically, and draft all 10 descriptions together, uploaded in the Common App before we're done. Until now, only my All-Access students got this.
How much is this?
You could pay $3,000 to $11,000 and beyond for professional essay and admissions help. If you want expert, one-on-one guidance without the five-figure commitment, this is the next best thing.
TOTAL VALUE: $4,775
PRICE: $1,500
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The price goes up August 1.
This is the lowest this workshop will ever be. On August 1 the price goes up, and it won't come back down. But you don't have to use it now to lock it in. Reserve today, then choose one of the open dates or hold your spot for a future one. Your investment carries over, with no expiration. One mom bought a full year before her teen used it, and it worked out perfectly. If the timing isn't now, the price still can be. Click through to see your price with the code.
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before it goes up August 1.The other option is to wait. To keep hoping your teen gets it at least started before the fall, when there's a reason it hasn't happened yet. And even then it may get rushed at the last minute, because senior fall is packed. Later submissions mean lower acceptance rates and smaller award packages, because schools admit fewer students in the regular round and money runs out. One focused weekend takes that off the table.
And remember the “Get It Done” Guarantee: out by Saturday lunch for a full refund, or your teen leaves with a finished essay, one way or another.
“I like to do my work ahead of time, but I felt really lost with my essays... Christy guided me every step of the way— from choosing the strongest topic from all my ideas to completing my essay FAST.”
Liam A., accepted to
Florida State University
(his #1 choice)
“Christy took a lot of weight off my shoulders. There was so much to do and I just didn't know how to write this kind of essay. She helped me understand what to do next — each step of the way.”
Tyler O., accepted to
North Carolina State
(his #1 choice)
"Your process for teasing out the most important things without telling my daughter what to write was beautiful. That's exactly what she needed. Christy even recommended a college we'd never considered. A year later my daughter is a freshman there and loving every second.
Suzanne Harrison, Washington
"As a first-generation student, she brought out the best in me and constructed my essays in a way that made me stand out. I've been accepted to my first-choice university with a full-ride scholarship, thanks to Christy."
Ayub H., first-generation student
"I thought my first draft was really great. Christy asked me questions and got me thinking. I shifted everything around, and that essay was truly great."
Elle L., Illinois
"Christy took my 1,637-word essay, taught me how to ruthlessly cut the fluff, and we got it under 650 words. It was so much more interesting in the end. I never dared hope I could tell my story so well."
Phoebe C., Vietnam
Questions parents ask.
You're covered. I've had dozens of students test Saturday morning and still finish the weekend. Connect with me the week before, and I'll get them set up ahead of time. When they join us after lunch, they're right on pace with everyone else, ready to walk through to the end.
What if my teen is taking the ACT or SAT on Saturday morning?
Saturday, 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM ET, and Sunday, 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM ET, on Zoom or in person near Charlotte. Breaks are built in for meals and a breather. Your teen needs a laptop, a notebook, and a pen. I take care of the rest.
When does the workshop meet?
Can my teen really get this done in a weekend?
Yes. With full participation and my templates and prompts, most teens finish during our time together. They also get continued feedback and Pocket Coaching after the live sessions, and I give the essay a final review before it goes to the Common App.
Yes. The workshop guides every teen step by step, and I explain the why behind each move so confidence builds along the way. I've worked with advanced writers, teens with ADHD, and students with other learning differences. Everyone has a story worth telling, and I help your teen find and tell theirs.
My teen isn't a strong writer. Is this right for them?
No. Most of my students are elsewhere, from Illinois, Colorado, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, and Vermont to Hong Kong, France, and Dubai. Technology makes the workshop just as productive from anywhere. If you'd prefer in person and you're local, reach out and we'll talk.
Do you only work with students near Charlotte?
Even better. Send the draft the Wednesday before, and we'll find what's working and build from there. In my experience, no junior-year draft yet captures a teen the way it needs to, and once they see how much more they can say, they don't look back.
What if my teen already has an essay?
For the essay itself, no. AI pulls from the average of the internet and produces the vanilla, predictable writing that gets passed over (and flagged). A standout essay needs a real voice and point of view. I'll show your teen where AI genuinely helps, and where it quietly costs them.
Can my teen use AI?
They join our private group to message me directly, then book their 90-minute Essay Finish Line Session the following week. If they want another pass, they keep sending drafts and I keep working until it's ready to submit.
How does my teen finish after the workshop?
Just reach out and we'll move your teen to another cohort. I run about 10 workshops across the summer and fall, so there's flexibility.
What if the date I booked stops
working?
Picture it done.
Imagine your teen's essay finished in one weekend. You feel confident they've said the right things, in the right order, without sounding like everyone else.
They have the tools to write the supplementals and scholarship essays that come next. And they get back to their life while you relax and watch them hit submit, with the first acceptance letters arriving a couple of weeks later.
That's what this is. All the tools, the live training, the immediate feedback, my multiple reviews, and the Get It Done guarantee. Everything your teen needs to turn in their best essay.
And I'm here to help the whole way. All you have to do is click.
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Finally, get the confidence to submit your essay, knowing you’ve got it right
Look, if you’ve read this far, chances are your teen needs to turn in an outstanding essay soon…
Or they have one sorta ready to go (but know it’s not of the caliber needed to get the RIGHT kind of attention at competitive schools) — like my one student who cried over FIVE different versions before her mom called me.
And your teen needs a way to get it done as easily, quickly, and painlessly as possible.
I’m giving you ALL the tools, the live training, immediate feedback, and coaching…
PLUS I’ll review it multiple times for your son or daughter.
So imagine if your teen got their essay DONE in just ONE WEEKEND.
And you felt totally confident that they were saying the right things in the right order (without being too vanilla and safe.)
And because your teen has the tools for a strong start-to-finish essay, writing it becomes so much easier too.
And as a result, your teen can get back to senior year activities, you can finally relax as they hit “send” on the Common App, and the first acceptance letters arrive in the mail just a couple of weeks later.
And you know your teen has submitted their best essay, one that’s representative of who they are and what they’ll bring to their new college.
So you have the time and headspace to focus on your family’s next move...whether that’s visiting campuses or making awesome memories this last summer together before senior year starts.
With the Complete Your Essay in a Weekend workshop, you’ll have all of that.
It’s everything you need to get your teen’s best essay DONE.
And I’m here to help too.
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