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Johns Hopkins Advising Team; Columbia Grad; Governor's Speechwriter
Inna E.

17 hours tutoring

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Bio

As a member of the Johns Hopkins University Advising team, I have helped alumni and students craft compelling narratives for admission into elite grad school, research, and professional programs. I love supporting high school students and undergraduate students to gain admission into the schools of their dreams. My specialty is Ivy League and Top 30 colleges. Because my background is speechwriting, I focus on compelling narratives to build powerful stories about each student's potential. I...

As a member of the Johns Hopkins University Advising team, I have helped alumni and students craft compelling narratives for admission into elite grad school, research, and professional programs. I love supporting high school students and undergraduate students to gain admission into the schools of their dreams. My specialty is Ivy League and Top 30 colleges. Because my background is speechwriting, I focus on compelling narratives to build powerful stories about each student's potential. I also taught creative writing in the classroom, and my favorite way to work is 1:1. You can find me interviewing students at top colleges about their paths and stories on my YouTube series, Quad Cast with Inna.

My high school, college, and grad school students include U.S. Presidential Scholars, National YoungArts Foundation winners, and Cameron Impact scholars, among others, and are alumni or current students of highly selective universities in the U.S.

A few things I can help you accomplish: * Write standout opening lines * Deepen your anecdotal details * Identify your story and voice *Choose language true to your voice * Develop your strategy & message * Build your outline * Polish your existing draft * Write a powerful Activities section for Common App * Apply to U.K. schools via the UCAS platform.

"Inna's imaginative approach helped turn our son's applications into works of art." Shiri, parent of Brown student '28

"Truly a magician." His Excellency Mohammed S, Abu Dhabi Executive Council; parent of NYU student '28

"When my medical students need expert guidance, Inna is my official advisor. She can transform any application into a memorable story that's hard to deny." Vice Chair, UCLA orthopaedic surgery residency; Head Team Physician, LA Chargers

"I could not have done it without you." Jon, Cameron Impact Scholar; full scholarship

"You changed my entire life, Inna." Kenna, Northwestern Pritzker Law School scholarship recipient

"Inna is a rock." Matt Cox, Sr. Speechwriter, Arnold Schwarzenegger


Education

Columbia University
Economics
Columbia Teachers College
Graduate Coursework

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $310
  • Rate details: We work in a shared Google doc via Zoom. Packages of 10 sessions are $2750. If you're interested in a package, please message me.
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required
  • No background check

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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College Counseling

College Counseling

I am currently a member of the Johns Hopkins Student Advising Team. I help JHU undergraduate students and alumni apply to graduate programs, including medical school and law school. A founding member of Impact Admissions, I completed the Columbia Teachers College College Advising Program and have worked with numerous, high-achieving students gain admission to Ivy League and T30 schools, including college honors programs.
Essay Writing

Essay Writing

As a member of the Johns Hopkins University Advising team, I help alumni and students craft compelling narratives for admission into elite grad school, research, and professional programs. I am the official application advisor to UCLA Medical School Orthopaedic Surgery residency fellows, headed by the LA Chargers' Head Team Physician. My high school, college, and grad school students include U.S. Presidential Scholars, National YoungArts Foundation winners, and Cameron Impact scholars, among others, and are alumni or current students of highly selective universities in the U.S. I am a former speechwriter for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and I've transformed speeches, editorials, and essays for business leaders, lawmakers, innovators, members of royal families, and renowned scientists around the world.
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Accepted to Cornell, Columbia, Berkeley, and Duke

Inna is a miracle worker. Our son's high school is known for being highly competitive. With everyone scoring in the same range, with excellent extracurriculars, it's nearly impossible for individual students to stand out. That's where Inna came in. We were referred to Inna by another family, whose child is now a freshman at Stanford. Her approach is extremely creative and strategic. Each week, while our son worked on applications, she treated him as if she had a personal stake in his outcome. She showed him what admissions officers were really looking for in each essay prompt and in every part of the applications, even the smallest parts of the Common Application that our son would have overlooked. As the process went on, our son became more confident in his essay drafts and answers because Inna had taught him how to tell his story and get his message across so they wouldn't forget him. She brings value even between sessions, giving pointers and sharing information. We've already referred other friends to Inna, and we'll be strongly recommending her to everyone who needs a college counselor and the highest level of coaching on essays.

Solomon, 9 lessons with Inna

Excellent Essay Counselor

Inna was an excellent essay counselor for my son during the college application process. She helped him with prompts for several highly selective colleges and was incredibly patient and attentive in understanding his strengths, interests, and voice. Inna is very thorough and thoughtful, offering detailed guidance that helped my son express himself authentically and clearly. We found her support invaluable and would highly recommend her to families navigating competitive college admissions.

Ruchi , 4 lessons with Inna

Absolutely the best!

I cannot recommend Inna highly enough. She helped our son with college admission strategy and reviewing The Letter of Continued Interest. We needed help last minute and she was incredibly kind and accommodating. Her expertise shines through - she came up with brilliant strategies which we did not even think of! Inna was incredibly productive and our son loved working with her. My only regret- wish we had found her sooner. We are deeply grateful for her guidance and would absolutely recommend her to any family navigating the admissions essay process.

Sa, 1 lesson with Inna

Remarkable! Worth way more than the cost of a session.

Inna helped my son dig deep to find his best anecdotes and frame them in a creative, memorable way. She's extremely efficient, so they were able to brainstorm, outline, and strategize in just one meeting! She even identified a fantastic opening line for his personal statement halfway through the session. She's amazing - Highly recommend.

Justin, 1 lesson with Inna

Acceptance to Princeton, Duke, Berkeley, and Columbia

We found Inna's tutorials on TikTok when my daughter was applying to the competitive merit scholarships for college. Inna's guidance was incredible! The multiple essays she helped my daughter write for full-tuition scholarships were highly creative, powerful, and applicable to many of my daughter's college essay prompts. She ended up with acceptances to all of her #1 college choices along with a huge scholarship which helped our family pay for her education. My daughter met with Inna a dozen times before Inna joined Wyzant recently, and I came here to write this review so people know how amazing Inna is. She was able to pull out the best stories and memories and teach my daughter to shape them in a way that's very touching and memorable. I can't say enough good things about Inna as a teacher, writer, editor, and college advisor.

Ella, 1 lesson with Inna

Inna Got Me Into My Dream School

It turns out that a rejection letter from a college doesn't have to be the end of the story. Inna told me about the appeal process, which my high school counselor either didn't know about or didn't mention. Inna walked me through every step of writing an amazing appeal, helping me to revise and highlight the most important points. She's truly an expert at not only writing essays that admissions readers will notice, but she has special insight into the entire admissions process. Four weeks later, my appeal was successful and I got that acceptance letter to my top-choice college, one with a highly selective rate of acceptance. I'm grateful to her forever. I thought it was over, but Inna changed my life.

Adam, 1 lesson with Inna
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