DreamRoots supports students as they navigate the entire college application process--from preparing throughout high school to submitting applications and choosing a university.
Consulting: Preparation allows students to enter the college application process with confidence. Meg consults with students throughout high school to make decisions about courses, testing, and activities that will help create the most positive options for college admissions. Meg also works with students and families to identify a target school list.
Essay Coaching: Collaborating with students through all stages of the writing process results in application essays that leverage students' achievements, interests, and goals through a distinct and personal lens. This allows them to distinguish themselves to college admissions departments and to find their ideal fit.
Personal Statement: Working one-on-one, Michael fosters a creative, low-stress writing environment. He finds that students exceed their own expectations when freed of prejudgments about what their essays are "supposed to" be. In doing so, students begin to view writing as a process they better understand and enjoy. Moreover, the specific, sensory details of his students' experiences lead to compelling essays that connect with college admissions departments.
What Michael most looks forward to is that moment of realization when students discover the authentic story they want to tell.
Supplemental Essays: Once students finish their personal statement, they work with Michael, Meg, or Kathleen to respond to the supplemental essays prompts.
Final edits: Two sets of eyes are better than one. Two members of our team will read all essays before they are submitted.
Application Submission: The DreamRoots team works with students to complete the common application in order to leverage their success. Crafting concise and specific activity lists, writing revealing extenuating circumstances essays (when appropriate), and completing the common application correctly are important (and sometimes overlooked) components of the application.
“Working with Meg and Michael remotely is a unique experience. They are of distinct personalities and coaching styles, and together they helped me construct, I would say, one of the greatest writing experiences in my life. Their coaching and passion reflected the boundlessness and elegance of composition and storytelling, and they inspired me to become more motivated to write and express myself in words. This gave me a tremendous boost in my college applications. This experience shall be cherished, and it shall create more immense an impact than merely the joy of receiving college acceptance letters.”
“Working with Michael and Meg was extremely beneficial to my application process. Michael focused on my common app, giving me his full attention and creativity, and we decided it would be best to try an original approach. The three of us worked closely on my supplemental essays and came up with a great angle that matched my interests in urban development. Both helped me research specific schools and their majors. Working with Michael and Meg was really fun and gave me many college options!”
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