Google Reviews 5 Stars “Alice was an amazing help to me in college essay writing. She provided great advice on how to approach the process, and her guiding questions and patience allowed me to formulate my ideas in a natural way, which showed in my writing. In fact, I found that I ended up learning a lot about myself while workshopping my essays with her. Not only this, Alice also…encourag(ed) me to focus on topics I found personally powerful and meaningful. Thank you Alice!”

- D.R. The Nueva School, admitted to Harvard, Berkeley MET Program (< 2% admitted), Columbia (with Egleston Scholar distinction), UPenn, Northwestern, USC Iovine and Young Academy (Presidential Scholar, half tuition scholarship, roughly $160,000)

Google Reviews 5 Stars “Alice is AMAZING! She helped me learn how to organize my writing in a way that was engaging, easy to read, and contained all the little things admissions officers look for…I felt like my writing improved a lot and that I'm better at catering my writing towards different audiences. Alice's work with me definitely paid off because I'll be going to MIT this fall :) Thanks again, Alice!”

-A.M. San Mateo High School, admitted to MIT, Dartmouth, Rice (Full tuition scholarship roughly $210,000), Dartmouth, Duke, Georgia Tech ($85,000 scholarship)

Google Reviews 5 Stars - “Alice provided thoughtful feedback and support throughout the college process. I had generated some general ideas about what I wanted to write about in my college essays, and Alice helped me narrow down and refine my topics. For many of my essays, Alice helped me see the potential in writing about experiences I hadn't previously considered focusing on. Alice always gave me her complete and honest feedback, and she pushed me to make my essays the best they possibly could be. Her experience in writing was invaluable. She gave suggestions on how to fix my grammar, how to improve the structure of the essay and individual sentence structures, and how to incorporate richer vocabulary. I would highly recommend Alice! She was a huge help in my college essay writing process.”

-J.L., San Francisco University High School, Stanford Acceptance

Google Reviews 5 Stars “Alice taught me how to clearly articulate my own self worth, and to uniquely articulate my talents. Alice also presented an extremely organized and methodical approach, and was always on top of our itinerary. Every session with her brought me new insights to my essays, but at the same time she's absolutely amazing at cutting down unnecessary words. It never felt like Alice was pressuring me to write a certain way or to choose a particular topic, and she always respected my opinion and left the final choice up to me. She also truly made an effort to connect with me in order to fully learn my story and my character in order to craft the best possible application with me. With her guidance, I've become a more reflective writer, and I've taken away literary skills I'll be using in college, graduate school and beyond. I'm extremely grateful for her wisdom, patience, and creativity that helped me get into my top schools (UCLA, USC, UC Berkeley) with my first choice majors!”

-G.Z. California Crosspoint Academy, accepted to UC Berkeley, UCLA (Alumni Scholarship), UCSD (Regents Scholarship $20,000)

Yelp Reviews 5 Stars - “Working with Alice was an awesome experience. Writing college essays was a daunting task for me at first, but Alice jumped in and worked through every step of the process, including gathering deadlines, brainstorming ideas, and fine-tuning what I'd written.

It was a huge help to understand what college admissions officers are looking for in an essay. Alice provided that perspective, which allowed me to focus my essays on interesting and engaging content. She gave me lots of ideas based on my own stories that I wouldn't have thought of on my own. I never would have guessed an essay about dishwashing at Cracker Barrel would be so interesting.

In all areas, Alice was a huge help to my college applications. Thanks to her work, I was able to get into my top choice for college. A fresh set of eyes on my work is always helpful, but Alice is a step above everyone else I've worked with.”

- N. P. MIT Acceptance

Yelp Reviews 5 Stars - “As a high school guidance counselor there is little professional training available to assist me in helping students craft their best college application essay. Working with Alice, along with one of my students, provided me with professional training of sorts so that I can better help my students with their essays. Alice was easy to work with and very gifted at discussing life experiences, brainstorming essay topics and assisting my student in expressing himself through personal story, balancing interest and self-reflection. As a result of my work with Alice, my student was accepted to his dream school, MIT, and I am more prepared to help all of my students with their essays. I highly recommend Alice!!!”

-K.W. Private School Guidance Counselor

Yelp Reviews 5 Stars - “Alice helped transform a potentially overwhelming college application process to a truly rewarding experience. She taught me me how to tell my story with clarity, purpose, and confidence. She encouraged me to stay true to who I was, while offering insightful and valuable advice about writing and the application process.

One of the things that makes Alice an amazing college counselor is her genuine desire to help her students. After being accepted to a couple of colleges, I was having a hard time deciding. Alice, asking for nothing in return, offered her time to talk with me, give me advice, and help me make this important decision. I am really grateful for her patience, wisdom, and dedication.”

- C. S. Lynbrook High School - Cornell Acceptance

Yelp Reviews 5 Stars - “Alice is an incredible writing coach. She gave me constructive advice that helped strengthen my college essays. Something I really appreciate about Alice is that she is a great collaborator. I never felt like she was rewriting my work and whenever I disagreed with a suggestion she respected my opinion. She is the queen of concise wording and is great at cutting down essays. I genuinely enjoyed brainstorming college essay ideas with her! Alice made the grueling college process so much easier for both my family and me. 10/10 would recommend!”

- M.D. Urban High School of San Francisco, UCLA Acceptance (Undergraduate), Tulane $100,000 Founder’s Scholarship, UCSF Acceptance (Graduate School of Nursing. Hired Alice for undergraduate and graduate school applications.)

Google Reviews 5 Stars - If you’re ever thinking about working with a college counselor, please consider Alice! Alice was super attentive to all my questions, concerns and goals all throughout working with her. She was honest and straightforward while always communicating in an uplifting way. She was crucial in my application process because she provided an objective third perspective, much like ones that admission officers are likely to have. As a result, she dug up stories/narratives I wouldn’t have ever written about on my own! I’ve learned to write effectively during my time working with her, and these skills have already permeated into other spheres of life (school, internships etc.). More than anything, she’s been a super inspiring and charismatic mentor and has encouraged me to be more bold as an Asian American girl pursuing STEM.”

— Esther, Albany H.S., UC Berkeley Acceptance

Yelp Reviews 5 Stars I’m extremely blessed to have had Alice edit my resume and college essays. She truly took the time to understand the heart of my essays and offered so many creative and practical suggestions that I could easily incorporate into them. She is efficient and professional; her edits always reflect her vast knowledge in the college admissions process. Her genuine warmth and encouragement have comforted me during this hectic process and boosted my confidence in expressing my stories.”

— A.Z., Lynbrook High School, Cupertino, UCLA Acceptance

Yelp Reviews 5 Stars - Alice provided incredible help during college application. Especially that I am an international student, and quite unfamiliar with the whole process. Alice gave very helpful advice and kind encouragement along the way, making college app, as intimidating as it was, much more enjoyable.”

— Neville S., Hong Kong - UCLA acceptance

Yelp Reviews 5 Stars - I was initially a little skeptical of requiring a college counselor as my essay workload wasn’t as daunting as many others’ huge college lists, but I’m so glad I decided to give it a shot. Alice did so much more than proof my essays. She focused them and pushed me write them to the peak of my ability, many of which I’ll be saving for college itself. :) Her edits, although a great help with my grammatical “liberties”, helped me think: How to shape this narrative, how to make it engaging and unique and most importantly, how to make this personal so colleges know me. Without attempting to rewrite my work, she helped me flesh out ideas and suggested different perspectives on how to approach them and develop my voice throughout. I can still say for sure that I’m proud of my essays and wouldn’t have them any other way.

Beyond her edits and insights, she helped me relax through it all. Alice honestly kept me from losing my head during all of it and having her cheerful counsel took an edge off of the process as she guided me through. Heck, she made writing my applications fun, of all things. She taught me how to tell a story and tell it well, all the while laughing at weird grammatical errors or realizing the lessons peppered in my life. Above all things, she made sure her lessons stuck with me. After getting help from Alice, I think I could write the same level of essays now that I have what she taught me, but I’d gladly have her again even if I could. Thanks so much!”

— Rebekah W., Los Gatos

Yelp Reviews 5 Stars - Alice helped me tremendously throughout the college process. Before I started my essays, I was worried I wouldn’t have any solid ideas. But Alice helped me brainstorm and even helped me understand myself better through the process. Her editing was always extremely thorough but also ensured that my original vision was still easily shown in the essay. She greatly improved the flow of my essays, the grammar, and the overall ability for the essay to show what I had envisioned it to show. She was extremely supportive throughout the whole process, and at the same time, she pushed me to be efficient and finish before the deadlines. Beyond just the college application part of it, Alice was just really fun to work with and made the overall process much less stressful. I couldn’t thank her enough for all of the time and effort she put into helping me and how much she improved all of my essays.

— Andrew Z., San Jose (NYU Acceptance)

Yelp Reviews 5 Stars - I feel so privileged to have Alice edit my writing assignments. Not only is she a gifted writer, but she excels at helping me express myself more clearly and powerfully. With her assistance, my assignments have made a huge impact and have helped me in obtaining jobs and gaining admission into graduate school and various programs. I think working with Alice has been a worthy investment and I recommend that you use her services!!

— KAW, Stanford University

“E had a happy admission session because of all those acceptance letters, especially the one from Berkeley. :)
We are very happy about this result, actually we are thrilled. Thank you very much for your help during this stressful application period. ”

— J.S., Albany parent, (daughter accepted by UC Berkeley)

“We have so appreciated your help with [our daughter’s] college application process! Your suggestions and editing skills were invaluable as well as your calm, supportive manner.”

— The Urban School of San Francisco Parent (daughter accepted by UCLA)

“My son has decided to go to UCLA (Engineering program.) We understand that nowadays college acceptance gets competitive or even unpredictable and we are grateful for the opportunity to go to such a great school. Thank you very much for your guidance throughout this journey. You provide exceptional and professional service with a personal touch.”

— A.L., Los Gatos High School Parent (son accepted by UCLA)

“Alice is an amazing counselor. Coming into the college application process, I felt completely lost and overwhelmed. She helped me take it step by step, helping me organize my essays and prepare my applications before my deadlines. Alice cares very much about her students, and I never felt rushed or unprepared. She helped keep me in check and relaxed during my already stressful senior year. I highly recommend her!”

— Jasmine, Piedmont High School