College Essay Guy is a go-to and internet-renowned resource for students, parents, and counselors seeking practical, step-by-step guides, courses, tutorials, and templates to assist in writing beautiful, impactful, effective college essays and cultivating an outstanding slam-dunk college application. College Essay Guy offers an array of online courses, one-on-one services, and advances extras including college planning, application counseling, supplemental essay assistance, and a standout summer option to help students differentiate themselves beyond their courses and GPA.
We offer three primary courses:
- Personal Statement Course:
- A video course for writing the main essay of the Common Application, including step-by-step instructions from brainstorming topics to polishing the final draft.
- College Application + Supplemental Essays Course:
- This course covers the rest of the college application and is comprised of dozens of resources for developing a college list, finishing school-specific supplemental essays, polishing the activities list, and much more.
- University of California-specific (UC) Personal Insight Questions Course:
- A step-by-step course that guides students through write outstanding responses to the University of California Personal Insight Questions.
Two extra advanced bonus offerings:
- Uncommon Summer Program:
- An online course to help students develop their leadership capacities, then brainstorm and potentially launch a self-directed independent extracurricular project. This online course is built for students who are self-motivated go-getters who have a lot of creative ideas, but need the structure and tools to get started.
- Advanced Personal Statement Course:
- Ground-breaking course full of brand new techniques for upleveling your college essay, plus step-by-step guides to implementing these strategies.
For more individual assistance or structure, the College Essay Guy team offers one-on-one services such as college planning, or application and essay counseling.