Hi, I'm Josh. I'm a summa-cum-laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Political Science and Russian Politics.
While at Penn, I was trained as a writing tutor specializing in Metacognitive Reflective Writing (MCW). Rather than simply "fixing" an essay, I guide students through a process of self-interrogation. We look beneath the surface of their experiences to distill the core values and skills that define how they think today. This method ensures that their...
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Josh has provided examples of their subject expertise by answering 5 questions submitted by students on Wyzant’s Ask an Expert.
great teacher
Heading for more sessions to shape the essay to explain in better way.key points were noted in first session. Good experience and expertise.
RAM, 3 lessons with Josh
Intelligent Teacher
He helped my daughter with her essay for the John Locke competition. With the deadline fast approaching, he passionately guided her in the right direction. He is incredibly intelligent and excels at analyzing writing and understanding the student's abilities. I highly recommend him.
Chloe, 6 lessons with Josh
Incredibly Improved My Essay!
Each session, the structure and coherence of my college essay improved significantly, and Josh assisted me in putting the pieces together to create a coherent and compelling story. Besides being so professional, efficient, and strategic, his passion makes me truly comfortable with each session! Josh is the one who knows exactly what students want; as an international student who struggled to effectively deliver what I wanted to say, I learned a lot about useful writing strategies after only three sessions with Josh! I'm delighted to have met him.
Kathleen, 12 lessons with Josh
Gave life to the essay
Reviewed the essay and provide excellent feedback. Core idea of essay was retained and made it more impactful for readers. Best review ever had!
Renjish, 6 lessons with Josh
Well-spoken and overall excellent tutor!
Josh helped me completely reorganize my essay into a more readable, fluid paper that sufficiently communicated my thoughts. He condensed my 2000 word paper by about 500 words along with sharping my persuasive tone and thoroughly reading my work taking out the unnecessary pieces that really pulled my paper into a honed argument. He's very patient and quite responsive. If you ever need advice, Josh is your man!
Ian, 8 lessons with Josh
Really great help for personal statement
Josh was super helpful in helping me find identities to describe myself and linking back to my personal statement. The session went beyond my expectations. Lots of experience on thinking from the perspective of what the question/prompts are looking for. Very detailed and used a new method of writing to explain why I do the activities I do to admissions. I got a better understanding of not just showing my experiences but how they affected me. Writing about how I reason to make decisions was also covered.Thanks so much!
Manju, 1 lesson with Josh
Totally elevated my writing!
Working with Josh was super comfortable and low-stress. He helped pull apart specific pieces of my common app personal essay, transforming it from a generic cliche to a unique telling of MY story. I now feel much more confident in submitting my essays to selective colleges and am very pleased with the whole process. If you are looking to take your college essays to the next level - Josh is your man!
Maisie, 3 lessons with Josh
Essay Edits
Josh wrote great essay edits and ideas to better help my daughter with her common app. He had a quick turnaround and useful information to better strengthen my essay
Kerri, 1 lesson with Josh
Helpful and specific
Josh was very responsive before the session, but we had to spend some time in the beginning reading through the essay because sample drafts were sent to an inactive email. He helped point out topics/ideas I could focus the essay on and offered several questions to prompt me to dive further into my ideas after our session.
QING, 1 lesson with Josh
Incredible Writing Tutor!
Josh was absolutely phenomenal. He took my law school personal statement above and beyond. He was so dedicated, at some points I was inspired to work even harder on my own statement! He is so professional, such a hard worker, and genuinely cared about getting to know my voice and having that be reflected through my writing. After he was finished editing my personal statement, I truly enjoyed reading it. He is such an incredible tutor. If you are looking for help with your personal statement, look no further than Josh! Thank you so much!
Denisha, 2 lessons with Josh
