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UChicago Grad for College Apps, Writing & Storytelling Coaching
Hassan A.

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Hi there! I’m Hassan, a college admissions and writing coach with 10+ years of experience empowering students to tell their best story and unlock their full potential!

Here’s what I offer:

• Applying to college, grad school, law school, med school, or residency programs? I can support you with brainstorming, structuring, editing, and polishing your application essays! Here are some of the top-ranking institutions I've helped students get into: Yale, Berkeley, MIT, Stanford, Columbia,...

Hi there! I’m Hassan, a college admissions and writing coach with 10+ years of experience empowering students to tell their best story and unlock their full potential!

Here’s what I offer:

• Applying to college, grad school, law school, med school, or residency programs? I can support you with brainstorming, structuring, editing, and polishing your application essays! Here are some of the top-ranking institutions I've helped students get into: Yale, Berkeley, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, UPenn, Georgia Tech, UC Davis, UT Austin, U Michigan, RISD, SAIC, Pratt and CalArts.

• Currently in high school and want to get ahead of the game by participating in summer enrichment programs and competitions to boost your future college applications? I’ve helped students land opportunities such as the prestigious UCSB Summer Research Academies and Stanford’s China Scholars Program!

• Need help with your college-level writing assignments? Let’s work together to improve your expertise and confidence as you write essays in fields such as history, int’l relations, religion, literature, and business.

My experience includes teaching courses in writing as a faculty at two international colleges: the Showa Boston Institute for Language and Culture and Ammon Applied University College of Hospitality and Tourism Education. Along the way, I've learned the value of iterative learning: engaging in a continuous virtuous cycle of feedback and multiple drafts that allows students to cultivate their own inner reflective voice as independent writers. Check out my Instagram account: @dream2college

Can’t wait to connect and start working on a game plan for your success!

*Fun fact: I'm a language lover and speak Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu-Hindi. Here on Wyzant, I teach beginner-level Levantine Arabic and Urdu.

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Education

Boston University
Int'l Relations
University of Chicago
Masters
University of Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Graduate Coursework
  • Licensed teacher

Additional Languages

Hindi
Russian
Spanish
Urdu

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $125
  • Rate details: -> $125/hr: college apps, scholarships & competitions -> $80/hr: regular writing coaching for college/grad school -> $60/hr: regular writing coaching for high school -> $30/hr: Arabic & Urdu
  • Lesson cancellation: 0 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 12/1/2022

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Approved Subjects

Anthropology

Anthropology

As an International Relations major at Boston University, I specialized in linguistics and anthropology. I took courses in Cultural Anthropology and The Anthropology of Religion. My senior thesis was on the history of Pakistan.
Arabic

Arabic

I've studied Arabic for ten years, including at the University of Chicago Divinity School as well as in Egypt and Jordan, where I lived for a year under a Fulbright. Having studied Arabic as a child from an Egyptian Qur'an teacher, I have native pronunciation. I tutor in beginner's Modern Standard Arabic and also have a background in the Levantine dialect.
Archaeology

Archaeology

As an International Relations major in college, I focused on History and Cultural anthropology, which included coursework in Archaeology. For my senior thesis, I researched about Mohenjo-daro (Indus Valley Civilization) and the modern debates about this ancient archaeological site that have occurred related to the project of nation-building in South Asia.
Bible Studies

Bible Studies

I have a Master’s in Religion from the University of Chicago Divinity School, where I received training in studying and analyzing ancient religious texts. I have since developed and taught curricula focusing on stories from the Old and New Testament in light of insights from philosophy, anthropology, and psychology.
College Counseling

College Counseling

As an English Language Arts faculty at two international colleges, I have mentored 100+ students, helping them to hone their writing skills and articulate who they want to be with more impact and confidence. I offer support at all stages of the college application essay writing process: brainstorming, outlining, and editing.
Creative Writing

Creative Writing

As a faculty at The Showa Boston Institute for Language and Culture for 5 years, I taught courses in Writing, which included assignments aimed at empowering students to write creatively about their life experiences and perspectives. Moreover, as an independent tutor for 3+ years, I have helped numerous students in creative writing and poetry programs learn the art of editing and refining their own written expression. During our sessions, we’ll focus on adding nuance and depth to your words while developing strategies for expressing yourself as authentically and impactfully as possible.
Essay Writing

Essay Writing

I've designed and taught courses in writing at two highly ranked international institutions: The Showa Boston Institute for Language and Culture and Ammon Applied University College of Hospitality and Tourism Education. I offer coaching for those looking to maximize the impact of their words, including for academic essays. During our sessions, we’ll focus on adding nuance and depth to your words as well as explore strategies for expressing yourself more authentically and confidently.
Homeschool

Homeschool

As a teacher and camp counselor for K-12 students at the Showa Boston Institute for Language and Culture, I have developed and taught engaging curricula around building kids' language abilities through storytelling and vocabulary building.
IELTS

IELTS

As an ESL faculty at a Tokyo-based women's college, I designed and taught courses in language test prep for over 5 years. My methodology combines rigorous attention to grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary building with focused practice of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills.
Marketing

Marketing

During my time as a faculty at an international women's college in Boston, MA from 2017-2021, I taught dynamic courses in marketing and management. I helped students boost their ability to both evaluate marketing strategies and develop their own techniques for promoting profitable products. Today, I work with business and tech leaders to improve their language skills and thus become more effective and outspoken advocates for the projects they engage and invest in. I also provide copyediting services as well as teach students how to enhance the content and style of their own business communication.
Personal Statements

Personal Statements

Over the past 3+ years, I have supported students in crafting powerful essays that capture the essence of their life journey and future goals. I've helped candidates get into the following schools: Yale, Berkeley, MIT, Columbia, Stanford, UPenn, UC Davis, U Michigan, UT Austin, Georgia Tech, RISD, SAIC, Pratt & CalArts. My experience includes working with students from a wide variety of intended majors, including AI/computer science, pre-medicine, pre-law, writing, art, and music.
Public Speaking

Public Speaking

I have 10+ years of experience using my public speaking skills as a college faculty, communication coach, and chaplain. I've also designed and taught courses in Public Speaking and Business Communication with a focus on empowering students to express themselves with more impact and confidence.
Religion

Religion

As a Master's student at the UChicago Divinity School, I specialized in comparative religion and the analysis of religious texts with a focus on the Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. I have also worked as a chaplain, giving sermons and providing spiritual counsel to congregants.
Thesis Writing

Thesis Writing

For over 5 years, I've been helping higher ed students write compelling research-driven thesis papers, especially in the social sciences and humanities. As an undergraduate, I wrote a thesis on the history of Pakistan, which won the International Relations Departmental Award. In graduate school, I presented my Master's thesis on modern warfare at the Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT). Drawing on my own experience in academia, I now help students at all stages of writing from outline development to final polish with an approach that's rigorous, collaborative, and rooted in a deep respect for the power of storytelling in scholarship.
Urdu

Urdu

I’m a heritage speaker of Urdu and have had a passion for this beautiful language since childhood. I studied the language for one year in college and two years at the Master's level under a FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) scholarship from the U.S. government. I specialized in reading and analyzing literary texts and poetry in Urdu. I'm also familiar with the Devanagari script used in Hindi.
American History
Art History
English
ESL/ESOL
European History
Geography
Government & Politics
Grammar
Literature
Proofreading
PSAT
Reading
SAT Reading
SAT Writing
Social Studies
SSAT
TOEFL
Vocabulary
World History
Writing

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I worked with Hassan for the past 7 months on college essays, academic papers, and personal writing. Since our first meeting, Hassan has been flawless at catching punctuation, spelling, and structural mistakes. At the same time, he provided me with—for lack of a better word—exceptional one-to-one feedback and taught me how to spot and avoid mistakes—such expertise is hard to put into words. Hassan was patient, insightful, and supportive. As I am writing this, I am rewinding to the first time we met, where I was having trouble embodying my tone into text and coming up with ways to lower the word count. As soon as we jumped on the call, he knew exactly what to do and how; we ended up getting all my writing problems dealt with. Moreover, his feedback was clear, detailed, concise, and precise; he answered every question I had with simplicity and made me feel heard and confident about my writing. I genuinely recommend Hassan to anyone who needs help turning their ideas into reality. Hassan, thank you very much. I cannot express how thankful I am to have met you and the knowledge you have empowered me with.

Ryan, 9 lessons with Hassan
Tutor responded:

Ryan, sincerest thanks for your kind words!! I greatly appreciate your review. You are truly a one-of-a-kind student - I'm impressed by your thoughtfulness, eagerness to learn, and self-motivated dedication to pushing the limits of your critical thinking and expression. Keep up the awesome work!

As a person Hassan is flexible, supportive, kind, extremely patient, and easy to communicate with!

I asked Hassan to work with my child on his college essays for 5 months. At that time my child was minor, so I was the main contact. These are my experiences with Hassan as a parent. As a person Hassan is flexible, supportive, kind, extremely patient, and easy to communicate. When I asked him to reschedule lessons, his response was always “No worries.” When the college applications were close to the due, he offered to spread a lesson in half, the first half hour for the online session and the other half in a different day to do final check for the essays to make sure that it was ready to submit, When (I really do not want to mention this, but I should be honest,) my child missed a lesson, (We are really sorry. We apologize, and that will never happen again,) he was really patient and kind. As a teacher he knows what needs to be done at the first lesson and is knowledgeable. Before the lessons started my child was struggling to write the essays and kept saying, “I don’t know. I’m not sure." After the first lesson my child said to me, “I got this.” That is all I needed to hear. I did not have to know how the lesson went. As the lessons progressed my child said to me, “I didn’t know I could use words like that and make phrases like that. It sounds so much better!” He looked so confident. I believe that Hassan taught my child how to write not only for college applications but also for my child's future, for life. Hassan is so good at what he does, and I genuinely recommend him to anyone. My child will be attending his dream college this coming fall. Hassan, thank you so much for your help and support. I cannot express how thankful we are, and you have no idea how much we appreciate it. Robin, 18 lessons with Hassan

Hydra, 18 lessons with Hassan
Tutor responded:

I'm deeply honored to hear this feedback from you!! It means so much to me to know that your son feels more confident as a writer and is attending an institution where I know his creativity and artistic talent will flourish. All the best to him and thank you for your very kind words!

Great teacher

He gave me a lot of feedback for my common app essay! He had a lot of great ideas for me to implement to improve it for my early action deadline.

Monica, 4 lessons with Hassan
Tutor responded:

So happy to hear our sessions were helpful! Thanks so much for your feedback. Best of luck in your applications!

Great Teacher

Helped so much with my college essay. He had so many great notes and perspectives that immensely improved my work!

Lily, 12 lessons with Hassan
Tutor responded:

Thanks so much for your gracious comment! So glad to hear the session was useful :)

Extremely knowledgeable and helpful.

Hassan has a great fund of knowledge and is clear in explaining and patient. He is one of the best tutors I have ever had. He pays attention to the assignment and communicates effectively.

Mary, 13 lessons with Hassan
Tutor responded:

Many thanks for your very kind feedback! Really happy to hear our sessions were helpful in writing your paper. Keep up the great work!

Analytical tutor

Hassan was very help in building a compelling/argumentative approach for my document that has the potential of impacting 100,000 lives This was a very topic to comprehend and write

Amer, 1 lesson with Hassan
Tutor responded:

Thank you very much for your feedback! I'm happy to hear the edits were helpful!

High Quality Thorough and Responsive

Hassan engages my daughter and makes her think, improving her critical thinking and enabling her to improve reading/writing/verbal communication He understands the needs of the student and helps her improve

Riaz, 10 lessons with Hassan
Tutor responded:

Thank you very much for your feedback! Kudos to your daughter for her continued dedication to becoming a more impactful writer and communicator!

The BEST

Hassan caters to the person he is teaching specifically which is great. Very understanding, knowledgeable, & patient. One of the best tutors by far. Within a week, I was already having conversations in Arabic with others. Truly phenomenal.

Matt, 7 lessons with Hassan
Tutor responded:

Really appreciate your kind and positive feedback! Kudos to you for your awesome diligence in studying and practicing Arabic every day. Keep at it and I'm sure you'll be speaking the language fluently when you travel to the Mideast!

Excellent Arabic Tutor

Hassan is an excellent tutor and a wonderful person to learn from. He has an approachable, interactive teaching style that I greatly appreciate. His knowledge is expansive and has given me a greater scope than just one Arabic dialect. He has a great sense of humor as well. Thank you for your help brother!

Nathan, 15 lessons with Hassan
Tutor responded:

A sincere thank you for your kind and thoughtful review! Always a joy to work with someone like you who is super self-motivated, diligent, and invested in achieving their language learning goals. Keep up the awesome work, brother!

Knowledgeable and dynamic tutor

We are working on improving vocabulary and conversation skills. Hassan listens and reviews my grammar, then emphasizes in what needs to be improved. I have enjoyed his lessons.

Laura, 10 lessons with Hassan
Tutor responded:

Really appreciate your feedback on our lessons! I'm happy to know they are helpful. Thank you for all your effort and determination to learn!

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