 Do you need help with your college application essay, but don't know where to start today We're gonna hear students and their feedback on working with yours truly college essay tutor stick around Thank you for joining me on my channel for the best college essay advice Subscribe and hit the bell to be notified when I post a new video every Tuesday Writing the college app essay is an incredibly personal journey, but it can also be isolating and overwhelming That's where I come in. Hi, I'm dr. Josie as a university faculty member and college essay expert I know what they're looking for so make sure you stick around you hear some feedback from Victoria a former student and Yeah, now it's your turn. I'd love to help you on your journey. All right, so Victoria How many first how many schools did you apply to versus getting into so I applied to 12 colleges and I got into eight okay, and Explain a little bit as an international student while you apply to so many so I'm an international student I was very unsure of the college process and which schools were high middle or low So I just wanted to cover all bases and just send out as many as I can to schools that I probably didn't know much about Yeah, and that's a that's a great kind of piece of feedback Basically for even domestic students, right? You want a varied college list with different acceptance rates What do you wish you would have done differently or learned kind of about the process? Definitely do more research on your targeted colleges so you can answer the question why this college better? Definitely knowing like professors or programs they offer or why that might be your fit. I think is beneficial Yeah, I mean, I love that you mentioned that more and more schools are adding that supplemental essay the why this college essay From NYU University of Central Florida. So for everywhere almost So you really want to get to know them beyond their brand and city and location Are you starting the process, but you don't know kind of where to start with your essay comment below? I'd love to help you on brainstorming and get you started So full disclosure, I've worked with Victoria a couple of times last time being for her Harvard graduate application Which we got into right? Oh my god. We I'm taking credit everything She got into both Harvard and teachers college in Columbia for her masters and we decided on Where'd you go? Harvard? Yes, successfully finished. So how was it working with the college essay tutor? Oh, it was definitely amazing experience working with Dr. Josie was great. I would highly recommend it She helped me clarify my story my message to help me critically think about what I wanted to say what message I wanted to portray we had a lot of revisions, which was very helpful and we created a lovely product that got me in Definitely It's your story, right? But I helped you kind of make those connections and really deepen that critical thinking which is super super super key Okay, so last question. What's the one piece of advice you'd give to students starting the journey now? Definitely say beware of your time. Time management is important between test prep taking the test Different college essays figuring out what you're going when the deadlines are what you're gonna write Supplementals it all the dates just come into one. So definitely look into good time management They're throwing a ton at you, right? So the more time you have the better Thank you so much Good luck And if you are starting on your college application essay journey You should definitely check out my free college essay template in the description below I can start helping you with picking topics brainstorming deepening the critical thinking I even give you kind of some storytelling techniques there So check it out and if you found this helpful if you want more videos like this comment helpful below Like us subscribe and share with your college fellow Friends, thank you so much for watching