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Stanford grad, certified ELA teacher: college essays, writing
Amy A.

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My goal: I am a credentialed English teacher with a decade of teaching experience and a master's of teaching from Stanford. I am to use my experience to empower students to craft compelling personal statements that represent their authentic voice and story. I am committed to guiding students through every step of the writing process, fostering their confidence and creativity. I strive to make any application process a positive and successful journey for each of my students.

About me: I...

My goal: I am a credentialed English teacher with a decade of teaching experience and a master's of teaching from Stanford. I am to use my experience to empower students to craft compelling personal statements that represent their authentic voice and story. I am committed to guiding students through every step of the writing process, fostering their confidence and creativity. I strive to make any application process a positive and successful journey for each of my students.

About me: I studied English at Middlebury College and graduated magna cum laude with an honors thesis, also serving as captain of the women's soccer team. I earned my master's in teaching from Stanford in 2014, and have taught high school English for 10 years, serving as department lead for 5 years. I have experience teaching 9th-12th grade English at all levels (co-taught, gen-ed, honors, AP), and I specialize in helping students craft clear, authentic, compelling personal statements, application support, writing skills, and reading comprehension. I am currently based in the Bay Area and work as a full-time tutor, working with students both in-person and virtually on a range of applications, from independent high schools and boarding schools, to college and university applications, to medical school admissions.

My approach:
First, I believe in personalized guidance: each student's journey is unique, so I tailor my approach to fit individual needs. Drawing on 10 years of teaching experience, I leverage my expert insight to guide students from brainstorming and outlining to drafting and polishing, Second, I prioritize constructive feedback: I provide detailed, actionable feedback on each draft, on both content and form, to ensure student writing is polished, coherent, and impactful. Lastly, I offer holistic support throughout the application process: this can include personal statements, state-specific prompts, supplemental essays, activity/extracurricular lists, interview prep, and deadline management.

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Education

Middlebury College
English
Stanford University
MEd
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College Counseling

College Counseling

I have taught personal narrative writing to hundreds of juniors during my years as an English teacher. Student success stories include admissions to Northwestern, University of Michigan, Harvard, and Pomona; I helped each of them craft their personal statement, compile their list of activities, and write supplemental and scholarship essays.
Essay Writing

Essay Writing

I have taught English and World History for the past 10 years. I teach units on literary and rhetorical analysis, personal statements, research, and DBQ’s. I specialize in helping students select and organize evidence to craft clear, logical, text-based arguments.
Personal Statements

Personal Statements

I have taught personal statements to my junior English classes for the past five years. I help students at every stage of the writing process, from brainstorming to outlining to drafting to editing. More recently, the students I have worked with as a tutor have been accepted to Northwestern, Pomona, Pitt, UCSD, and others. I specialize in helping students find their authentic voice on the page by adding specific and vivid details to their narratives.
English
SAT Reading
SAT Writing
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Knowledgeable and kind tutor

Amy has helped me so much throughout my college writing process. Not only does she help me edit and improve my writing, she also helps me articulate parts of my story that I could not put down into words, and help me brainstorm topics. She is so kind and understanding, making me feel very comfortable and relaxed during our sessions. Before her, I felt overwhelmed and scared about my essay, now I feel confident. I cannot recommend her enough!

Ava, 3 lessons with Amy

Great support and focused tutor

Amy was incredibly helpful and easy to work with! She really took the time to brainstorm ideas with me and helped organize my thoughts in a way that made everything feel more manageable. Her guidance made a huge difference and helped start my personal essay. I’m so glad I worked with her!

Desiree, 2 lessons with Amy

Very Knowledgeable and helpful

She was very helpful in editing my college essay. She also gave thoughtful, detailed feedback that made my writing clearer and more personal. I definitely felt more confident in it thanks to her!

Seena, 1 lesson with Amy

Extremely helpful in reworking personal statements!

Amy A. was super helpful at reworking my personal statement so that it flowed better and was more interesting! Because I have very little background in English my writing was clunky but after working with Amy it sounded much better. Her guidance was amazing!

Rachel, 5 lessons with Amy

Very thorough!

My son has been taking Amy’s sessions for few weeks. He says she teaches what’s important and quickly to the point while she is very thorough. I appreciate Amy’s passion in teaching. She really has him engaged into learning.

Alice, 37 lessons with Amy

An understanding, and extremely efficient tutor!

Amy helped me immensely with fine-tuning my college essay. I feel more confident about my application thanks to her. She helped my essay to be more centered around my unique voice.

Khloe, 1 lesson with Amy
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