"Hi, I’m Mimi! I help college applicants craft unique and powerful college application essays that get them into their dream schools. I'm a professional writer and editor who loves to teach. I've also worked on the admissions team at an Ivy League university, evaluating thousands of undergraduate applications. I have a great feel for essays that will resonate deeply with college admissions committees—and I know how to help you write your own. I'm passionate about making the college application process fun, meaningful, and doable for my students as I support them in creating their very best work.

I can help you strategize about how to approach your college essays, from brainstorming ideas and narratives to coming up with a plan for diving into your first draft. When you’re ready to revise, I can help you dig for deeper insight, find the right pacing and structure, hit the perfect tone, and use storytelling techniques to catch and keep your reader's interest. Finally, I can help you edit, proofread, and polish your work, so that you're all set to submit truly standout essays.

Students of mine from the past few years are or will be attending Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Yale, Princeton, UChicago, Penn, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Duke, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, NYU, the UCs, UVA, and UT Austin, among other top-tier colleges.

I graduated summa cum laude from Princeton with a degree in English and a certificate in Creative Writing. I hold an MFA in Fiction from the Michener Center for Writers.

I also love helping students raise their SAT Reading and Writing scores. My tutoring style is practice-based and conversational. While I’m delighted to meet you exactly where you are in your test prep process, I’m an especially good fit for students who have already taken an SAT prep course or studied independently—but still aren’t getting the score they want. Let’s work together to deepen your skills and guide you through a targeted study plan." less...