Write Your Way Into College

Our College Essay Prep Program

While fall of senior year is prime time for writing the Common App and supplemental essays, writing your way into college actually begins much earlier.  Put simply, student participation in internships, Pre-College summer programs, honors societies, school clubs, athletics, and other organizations is what makes colleges sit up and take notice.  To join these organizations, writing well about your accomplishments and interests is a necessity.

Our College Essay Prep Program helps students in Grades 7 to 12 to plan and achieve their academic and pre-professional goals each year. In consultation with parents, we monitor progress and discuss upcoming options.  We also work one-on-one with students to craft a personal essay and resume that reflects their identity and goals.

In addition to big name schools like UCLA and NYU, students in our essay program have been accepted to National Honor Society and College Summer Programs at Ivy League universities.  As you plan your path to college, let us help you make the “Write Start”: because writing well about yourself isn’t something that should wait until senior year.

“Our College Essay Prep Program helps students in Grades 7 to 12 to plan and achieve their academic and pre-professional goals each year. We work one-on-one with students to craft a personal essay and resume that reflects their identity and goals.”

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Welcome to Write Start Prep

The Right Start for Test-Prep and College Essay Consulting

My name is Dr. Kevin Cooney. I'm a career educator with a Ph.D. in English from UCLA. I'm also the founder and principal educator of Write Start Prep, a company dedicated to empowering students as readers and writers. We focus on helping high school students prepare for the English sections of the SAT and ACT Exams. We also help juniors and seniors to plan, develop, and proofread their college essays.

In 10 years of working as a tutor and writing coach, I've helped many students get into their dream schools, including UC Berkeley, NYU, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Chicago, Cornell University, Georgia Tech, and the University of Michigan. (And that's just 2022-2023.) As an experienced teacher, I take the time to listen and connect with students. I develop individualized strategies to help students build reading and writing skills, raise test scores, and write a compelling college essay.

Based in Sherman Oaks, California, Write Start Prep has a proven record of success. Whether you are local to the LA Valley, reside on the East Coast or in the Midwest, or are a student from abroad looking to study at a US university, I encourage you to check out Write Start Prep. The learning skills and strategies we teach go beyond a single exam or essay because they are truly long-term skills for success. To make the right start on applying to college, learn more about Write Start Prep.

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SAT TEST PREP

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Learn innovative strategies to improve your score on the PSAT and SAT.

  • INDIVIDUAL TUTORING
  • GROUP CLASSES
  • VIDEO GUIDES

ENGLISH SKILLS

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To catch up or get ahead. Build your English skills with us.

  • ANALYTICAL READING
  • ESSAY STRATEGIES
  • EDITING AND REVISING

COLLEGE ESSAY

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Craft an authentic essay that reflects your interests and accomplishments.

  • RESOURCES FOR THE COLLEGE ESSAY
  • WRITING A FIRST DRAFT
  • EDITING AND PROOFREADING

ACT TEST PREP

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Learn innovative strategies to improve your score on the ACT.

  • INDIVIDUAL TUTORING
  • GROUP CLASSES
  • AND VIDEO GUIDES

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