Testimonials

“I highly recommend Lara as a college counselor. Her dedication and genuine care always made me feel supported during the especially daunting process of college applications. I always knew I could rely on her whenever I needed assistance or had questions. She listened attentively, asked thought-provoking questions and took the time to truly understand my interests. Most importantly, her feedback and suggestions not only improved the quality of my writing but also helped me gain a deeper understanding of myself throughout the process.”

" I worked with Lara for over a year, and she truly helped me with my college applications. When I started with my college research, Lara gave me lots of advice including my plan, my interests, and what I am looking for. After I got my college list, I started to work with Lara more. She carefully listened to my intentions and personal essay requirements and researched on the college website with me. Lara always pays attention to this information and helped me find a lot of resources that help me understand the pros and cons of these colleges. This also let me realize there was a lot of information I had ignored about these colleges. While I was struggling with my personal statements, Lara offered a lot of great advice and helped me gain more ideas. She always points out which part I should pay more attention to make myself unique, while not changing my whole essay idea, which is what I appreciate. Lara always tries to highlight my specialties in my essays, and I would like to say she is truly one of the best people I have ever met. Working with Lara has been a great honor for me.” 

"Lara’s patience, kindness and expertise were invaluable in helping my daughter with her college essays.  Her ability to draw out our daughter’s unique qualities resulted in compelling and authentic essays that captured her essence.  Lara has a personalized approach, attention to detail and insightful feedback that helped make this a successful experience.  My daughter loved working with her and gained admission to her top-choice school and developed valuable skills in self reflection and effective communication."

"Lara has helped my son tremendously. With her guidance, my son was able to increase his letter grade in Honors English from a B to an A! I noticed a big difference in his writing structure and content in his essays after working with Lara. His essays were more organized and streamlined with supporting thoughts.  Most importantly, his confidence in writing grew tremendously, and he is able to meet his writing assignments head-on."

"Lara helped make the most dreaded parts of the college application process feel like a breeze. Her extensive knowledge on the dos and don’ts of college essays helped me stand out as a student and get into an amazing school."

My son is not easily impressed by a tutor but he raves about Lara. He attributes his success in his AP Language class to her help, and he found their sessions exceptionally useful.  Lara was able to help him last minute and appreciated how she made personalized review pages for him, and spent time outside of their lessons editing his work.