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College Admissions Coach, Writing Mentor, Personal Brand Strategist
Raegan S.

4.9 (151 ratings)

695 hours tutoring

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Raegan Sealy is an award-winning educator, artist, and strategist dedicated to empowering the next generation of changemakers. With 15 years of experience in education, she has worked with thousands of young people, and personally guided more than 600 students to acceptance at their dream schools.

For the past five years, Raegan has led innovation at one of New York City’s most prestigious educational consulting firms, developing unparalleled expertise in U.S. college essay and application...

Raegan Sealy is an award-winning educator, artist, and strategist dedicated to empowering the next generation of changemakers. With 15 years of experience in education, she has worked with thousands of young people, and personally guided more than 600 students to acceptance at their dream schools.

For the past five years, Raegan has led innovation at one of New York City’s most prestigious educational consulting firms, developing unparalleled expertise in U.S. college essay and application strategy. Holding both a BA and MFA in Creative Writing, she is an expert in storytelling and narrative development, helping students craft applications that are not just impressive, but deeply authentic and strategically positioned.

A Fulbright Scholar, Raegan has spent eight years serving on reading and interview panels for Fulbright scholarships at the undergraduate, scholar, and high school levels. Having evaluated thousands of applications, she brings rare insight into what top universities and elite funding bodies seek in candidates.

Beyond admissions, Raegan is an internationally recognized artist and advocate for equity and education. In 2019, she was selected for the exclusive TED Residency program, where she became the first to deliver an official TED Talk entirely in rhyming verse. Her talk, How Rap Saves Lives, made the case for integrating Hip Hop into mainstream literary education—an extension of her nonprofit Sound Board NYC, which was backed by Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, The Nantucket Project, and a P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship. As a performing artist, she has shared the stage with Ice-T, Shane Koyczan, Kae Tempest, and Judah & The Lion.

Raegan is an alumna of International House New York, a competitive residency founded by the Rockefeller and Dodge families in 1924 to cultivate the next generation of world leaders. In 2021, Raegan was elected to the UK Fulbright Alumni Council.

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Education

De Montfort University, UK
Creative Writing
The New School, NY
Masters

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $400
  • Rate details: Cancellation within 24 hours - 30 minute charge. No show for online lesson - 30 minute charge. No show for in person lesson - 60 minute charge.
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 10/10/2019

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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College Counseling

College Counseling

I have three years' experience coaching college essays and have helped students successfully apply to Brown, Dartmouth, NYU, Columbia, USC, UCLA, Wake Forest, Sarah Lawrence and more, at undergraduate and graduate levels. I am also experienced with the UCAS essay in the UK, and scholarship applications including Fulbright, Coolidge and institution-specific awards.
English

English

I have a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from The New School, NY (4.0) and a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from De Montfort University, UK (First Class Honours). I earned Double A Levels in English Literature and English Language (UK) and have ten years of experience teaching English literature, language, reading, creative writing, academic writing and professional writing. I teach middle school, high school, undergraduate, graduate, postgrad and professional.
Grammar

Grammar

I hold two writing degrees and have edited copy for NYTimes, TED and celebrity memoirs, as well as many academic papers and dissertations. I frequently work with LBLD students on proofing from grammar, and ESL students.
Vocabulary

Vocabulary

I have two writing degrees and ten years' experience teaching reading, writing, vocab, English Literature and Language to middle school, high school, undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and professionals.
Writing

Writing

As a writer and editor, I have worked on copy for NYTimes, TED and celebrity memoirs. I also coach individuals in Creative Writing, and hold a BA and MFA in this subject. I also coach academic writing, and have helped students with papers and dissertations for Yale, NYU, Columbia and more.
ACT English
ESL/ESOL
Literature
Proofreading
Reading
TOEFL
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Incredible

When I first started college essays, I had no idea what I was doing. I reached out to Raegan and she helped me with over 20 college application essays. From my first essay to my last, she was dedicated to making them the best they could be. She was truly incredible and made the process so easy. Beyond editing my essays, Raegan took the time to have conversations with me and introduced me to movies and articles she thought I would enjoy. She was so considerate and felt more like a friend than a tutor. I will definitely miss working with her every week.

Aanya, 17 lessons with Raegan

Brilliant And compassionate

Ive been working consistently with Raegan for about a month now. She’s helping with my writing for my MFA thesis, she understands and helps accommodate me with my learning disabilities, listens to my words and helps me understand what I’m trying to say, and provides excellent feedback on my writing. She’s also very kind, supportive, and compassionate. Highly recommended.

Emeri, 29 lessons with Raegan
Tutor responded:

Thank you so much Emeri, it's a pleasure working with you!

Brilliant And compassionate

Ive been working consistently with Raegan for about a month now. She’s helping with my writing for my MFA thesis, she understands and helps accommodate me with my learning disabilities, listens to my words and helps me understand what I’m trying to say, and provides excellent feedback on my writing. She’s also very kind, supportive, and compassionate. Highly recommended.

Emeri, 29 lessons with Raegan

Very helpful editor

We consulted Raegan to help our son tighten up his college admissions essay. She was very helpful in editing his first draft, giving him ideas to add in and to remove to make it more compelling. Would definitely recommend her for similar work.

Brian, 1 lesson with Raegan
Tutor responded:

Thanks so much, Brian! It was a pleasure working with you!

Exceptional and very hands on

Reagan helped me from the very beginning to the very end. She is very knowledgeable in knowing what colleges are looking for. She takes her time to answer every question and supplemental with you no matter how big or small. She is a 10 out of 10 tutor!

Maree, 18 lessons with Raegan
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Thank you so much Maree, you are a 10/10 student!!!

Very helpful!

Our son said, "She was GREAT, and I'm meeting with her, again, on Wednesday!" We're so grateful for her insights and her help in motivating our son to work on his college essay.

Catherine, 2 lessons with Raegan

Raegan is knowledgeable, professional, patient and personable.

She taught me how to read a poem and where the words should be emphasized. She is very good and I like working with her. I now feel so much better reading this poem publicly.

Elayne, 6 lessons with Raegan

Knowledge, very nice and patient

She is amazing,she helped me for college application. She is so knowledgeable and make everything very simple for me.I highly recommended her. Very smart and very knowledgeable. It was pleasure work with her. Super nice girl,she knows her job

Eka, 13 lessons with Raegan

Editing Help

She is an absolute lifesaver! I am so grateful, I have no idea what I would have done without her help.

Anastasia, 35 lessons with Raegan

To the point and insightful

Raegan went straight to business and did not waste mine nor her time. The time was spent productively and I appreciate Raegan's insight. There were many tutors to choose from and I think Raegan definitely hit the spot. Thank you :)

Kristyna, 2 lessons with Raegan
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