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College Essays Specialist, Princeton Grad, Ivy Admissions Experience
Mimi C.

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Hi, I’m Mimi! I help college applicants craft unique and powerful college application essays that get them into their dream schools. I'm a professional writer and editor who loves to teach. I've also worked on the admissions team at an Ivy League university, evaluating thousands of undergraduate applications. I have a great feel for essays that will resonate deeply with college admissions committees—and I know how to help you write your own. I'm passionate about making the college application...

Hi, I’m Mimi! I help college applicants craft unique and powerful college application essays that get them into their dream schools. I'm a professional writer and editor who loves to teach. I've also worked on the admissions team at an Ivy League university, evaluating thousands of undergraduate applications. I have a great feel for essays that will resonate deeply with college admissions committees—and I know how to help you write your own. I'm passionate about making the college application process fun, meaningful, and doable for my students as I support them in creating their very best work.

Students of mine from the past few years are or will be attending Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Yale, Princeton, UChicago, Penn, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, NYU, the UCs, UVA, and UT Austin, among other top-tier colleges. While my students have a range of admission goals, they share a strong track record of acceptance to their top-choice colleges.

I graduated summa cum laude from Princeton with a degree in English and a certificate in Creative Writing. I hold an MFA in Fiction from the Michener Center for Writers.

In the age of generative AI, it's more important than ever to communicate your singular perspective through college essays that capture your own original voice. I can help you tackle both your Common App personal statement and your supplemental essays. I'm delighted to meet you exactly where you are in your writing process. I can help you strategize about how to approach your college essays, from brainstorming ideas and narratives to coming up with a plan for diving into your first draft. When you’re ready to revise, I can help you dig for deeper insight, find the right pacing and structure, hit the perfect tone, and use storytelling techniques to catch and keep your reader's interest. Finally, I can help edit, proofread, and polish your work, so that you're all set to submit truly standout essays you feel proud (and maybe even surprised!) to have written.

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Princeton University
English
Michener Center for Writers at UT Austin
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College Counseling

College Counseling

Your college essays are your opportunity to dazzle the admissions committee with your unique perspective and singular voice. I'm a professional writer and editor who's also worked in admissions at an Ivy League university. I bring a writerly perspective, editorial depth, and firsthand insight into the college admissions process to my career as a college essay coach. I graduated summa cum laude from Princeton with a degree in English and a certificate in Creative Writing. I love supporting students as they work to develop their ideas and polish their prose into submission-ready essays.
Creative Writing

Creative Writing

In my 10+ years of experience teaching and editing writing, I've led workshops, critiqued a diverse array of manuscripts, and edited a renowned literary magazine. I earned my bachelor's degree summa cum laude in English from Princeton University with a certificate in Creative Writing. I hold an MFA in fiction from the University of Texas at Austin, where I was a James A. Michener Fellow. I enjoy working with students at any stage of the writing process.
English

English

I earned my bachelor's degree summa cum laude in English from Princeton University and hold an MFA in fiction from the University of Texas at Austin, where I was a James A. Michener Fellow. I love sharing my enthusiasm for literature, textual analysis, and writing with my students. As a tutor and editor, I've worked with everyone from high-schoolers struggling with reading comprehension to renowned literary scholars.
Essay Writing

Essay Writing

I help college, graduate school, and medical school applicants craft compelling application essays that give them an edge in the admissions process. I'm a professional writer and editor with a passion for teaching. My students' unique, heartfelt essays have helped them earn admission to top-tier universities, including Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, Penn, and the University of Chicago. I bring past experience evaluating applications for an Ivy League university as a member of their admissions team and editing an internationally renowned literary magazine to my career as a writing coach.
Personal Statements

Personal Statements

Your personal statements are your opportunity to dazzle the admissions committee with your unique perspective and singular voice. Recent students of mine are or will be attending Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, Penn, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt, among others. I've served as an application reader for an Ivy League university and as an editor at a nationally renowned literary magazine. I love supporting students as they work to develop their ideas and polish their prose into application-ready personal essays.
Proofreading

Proofreading

Your college essays are your opportunity to dazzle the admissions committee with your unique perspective and singular voice. I'm a professional writer with past experience evaluating applications for an Ivy League university. I've also worked as an editor at an internationally renowned literary magazine. I graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in English and a certificate in Creative Writing, and I hold an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers. I love supporting students as they work to develop their ideas and polish their prose into application-ready personal essays.
Writing

Writing

In my 10+ years of experience teaching and editing writing, I've led workshops, critiqued a diverse range of manuscripts, and edited a renowned literary magazine. I earned my bachelor's degree summa cum laude in English from Princeton University and hold an MFA in fiction from the University of Texas at Austin, where I was a James A. Michener Fellow. I enjoy working with students at any stage of the writing process.
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A true talent and support

We are and will be forever grateful to Mimi and her support throughout this grueling college application process. She has the incredible ability to connect with students and make them reflect and and shine in their essays. Her sensitivity to the person's strengths and ability to bring that humanization to writing is a true gift. My child felt supported and encouraged, and even enjoyed writing his essays because of Mimi's approach to preserving the style and voice of the student, while elevating them through thoughtful discussions and suggestions. Thank you so much Mimi.

Katherine, 15 lessons with Mimi

Extremely knowledgeable tutor!

Mimi was incredibly helpful in providing her thoughtful feedback and suggestions to make the draft read better and just solid in general. My highschooler definitely appreciates Mimi's clear and kind communication and looks forward to another session once the draft is polished a bit. Thank you so much for all the helpful feedback!

Carin, 2 lessons with Mimi

wonderful teacher

My daughter enjoyed her very first lesson with Mimi and she felt much more encouraged and confident in her essay writing. Strongly recommend!

Ping, 4 lessons with Mimi

Highly recommend

We give Mimi our highest recommendation. Her expertise and patience were invaluable as she helped guide our daughter through the college application/essay writing process.

Alison, 13 lessons with Mimi

very helpful

Mimi has been doing a great job helping my daughter with college essays and applications. So happy to have her support!

Michelle, 21 lessons with Mimi

Friendly, knowledgable and patient

Mimi helped my son with fine tuning and perfecting his college personal statement. She was always patient and understand with clear and meaningful suggestions. It allowed my son to introduce better emotion and continutity to his essay, just in time for applications. Thank you!

Ashhad, 5 lessons with Mimi

Knowledgeable about the college application process

Mimi is extremely sweet and provides a comfortable environment for discussion. My topic was the college application process and standards. I found Mimi to be a wonderful resource and I can say with certainty that I will reach out to her again once my child progresses towards high school.

Dara, 1 lesson with Mimi

Great Mentor for College Essays!

I had a session with Mimi to work on my college essays, and it was very helpful. She offered excellent feedback and creative ideas that improved my writing. Her pleasant personality made the session enjoyable. I would definitely recommend her to any student seeking guidance with their writing projects.

Yuli, 7 lessons with Mimi

Excellent tutor, very easy to work with

Mimi is helping my son with college essays and supplementals. She is a very talented writer, very quick to provide suggestions and feedback and generally speaking a pleasure to work with. Thanks, Mimi!

Oana, 2 lessons with Mimi

Mimi is great!!

Mimi did a fantastic job working through my scholarship application essays with me. From the first five minutes I could tell she was working her hardest to provide me with the support I needed. She was very thoughtful in her suggestions and had great ideas I could not have come up with on my own. She was also able to help me cut down my word count in an efficient and effective manner. Mimi was an absolute pleasure to work with and I am incredibly grateful for her help!!

Edward, 3 lessons with Mimi