Ivy League & US
College Essay Tutor
Our college essay tutors will help you perfect your application essays for US universities.
Why Choose Our College Essay Tutoring?
- 4-hour essay support package
- Delivered by experienced college essay tutors
- Our tutors are graduates of top colleges
- 75% of our students get into their first-choice college
- Our Ivy League success rate is 4.5x the average
Our US & Ivy League applications support is delivered by A-List Education, globally trusted experts in US application consultancy.
Improve Your Application Essays
Our College Essay Tutors Will Enhance Your Application Essays
The personal essay is a vital part of any successful application to a US college. It’s your opportunity to show admissions teams who you are and what you would bring to their campus. With Dukes Plus’s Essay Support Package, you can ensure your essay is distinctive, compelling, and memorable.
Over four hours of one-to-one tutoring, our expert college essay tutors will review your Common App or supplemental essay and provide informed and constructive feedback.
Our tutors are graduates of top colleges with years of experience supporting applicants. They know what admissions readers are looking for – and the pitfalls to avoid.
Enquire today to get matched with the tutor who will take your essay to the next level.
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Our Essay Support Package
While your essay should always reflect your own voice and experiences, expert guidance from one of our college essay tutors can make a significant difference.
Duration and location: 4 hours, online
Price: £740
Our tutors help you sound like the strongest version of yourself on the page. We work with you to draw out the most compelling themes in your experiences, shape a clear and coherent narrative, and present your achievements in the most impressive way possible. The result is an essay that feels authentic, purposeful, and unmistakably you.
We suggest careful, considered edits to help you make the most of every word in the limited word count. This includes improving paragraph structure, tightening sentences, and refining individual word choices – the small but significant changes that transform how your essay reads and how you come across to admissions tutors. Nothing is rewritten for you, but everything is strengthened.
Our supplemental and Common App essay tutors are graduates of leading US universities with years of experience supporting successful applicants. We know what admissions readers are actively looking for, as well as the clichés and overused approaches they quickly lose patience with. You’ll learn how to hook your reader from the opening line, use examples and storytelling techniques effectively, and finish with an ending that leaves a strong, lasting impression.
This package is designed for students who already have a draft or a clear sense of what they want to say, but need expert guidance to elevate it. With structured feedback and precise edits, we help you refine, polish, and finalise an essay that feels confident, distinctive, and ready to submit.
Our College Essay Tutors
Charlotte has tutored students for Dukes Plus since 2016. She studied at Harvard, having been accepted by four Ivies.
- Charlotte McKechnie
- Harvard University
Steve holds a BA with the Highest Honors from Harvard and an MSc with Distinction from Oxford. He has been a college essay tutor for Dukes Plus since 2018.
- Steven Kunis
- Harvard University, University of Oxford
Lori attended the University of Minnesota before working as a maths teacher in the US. She has tutored for more than a decade.
- Lori Wormald
- University of Minnesota
Rebecca graduated cum laude from Yale. She is a college essay tutor and applications advisor.
- Rebecca Brudner
- Yale University
Rhianna graduated with honours from Brown. She has worked with Dukes Plus for many years as a tutor and college applications advisor.
- Rhianna Shaw
- Brown University
Tobi graduated summa cum laude from Princeton. She specialises in tutoring applicants for the SAT, ACT, and personal essay writing.
- Tobi Ajayi
- Princeton University
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FAQs
Our essay support package consists of 4 hours of one-to-one tutoring from a college essay tutor.
Sessions are held online and comprise reviews and feedback on your essay.
This package is ideal for those with a draft, or strong ideas about what they want to say in the essay, and need help getting it over the finish line.
We can help with both. Our tutors can support you with the Common App personal essay as well as college-specific supplemental essays. We help you:
- Reflect on the prompts, what they are looking for, and how your experiences and achievements could be framed into a strong response
- Develop strong ideas, an impactful opening, and memorable ending
- Refine structure, word choice, spelling and grammar
- Tailor your essays so they align with what individual colleges are looking for
All essay tutoring is delivered online, completely one-to-one. This allows you to work with our supplemental and Common App essay tutors from anywhere in the world, with flexible scheduling to fit around school commitments.
No. Your essay must always be your own work. Our tutors guide, advise, and provide detailed feedback to help you improve your writing, structure, and ideas, while ensuring your voice and integrity remain intact.
You can book by submitting our enquiry form. We’ll get in touch to discuss your goals, current stage of writing, and deadlines, and then match you with a suitable tutor to get started.
Alternatively, you can book a free consultation with our expert team.
Our tutors are graduates of leading US and UK universities with extensive experience supporting successful college applicants. They combine strong academic backgrounds with in-depth knowledge of US admissions expectations, enabling them to provide focused, relevant, and practical guidance throughout the essay process.
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Why Dukes Plus?
Dukes Plus is a provider of university application support, life-changing career and university experiences, day camps, tuition, and summer schools.
By selecting Dukes Plus as your chosen provider, you are guaranteeing that you’ll multiply your chances of application success. We have a huge network of over 2,000 vetted admissions tutors who are experts when it comes to consultancy, mock testing & interviewing, industry-leading resources, and more.
We specialise in applications to Oxbridge and top UK universities, Ivy League and top US universities, and Medicine and Law applications.
Whether you are looking to test-drive your dream career working with industry leading professionals, or wanting to study at Eton or an Oxford college for the summer, we provide innovative and life-changing experiences that will enable you to make better life choices.
We have an extensive database of tutors which can deliver personalised fully-managed tutoring services to students at any level. We provide online tutoring, SEN tutoring, tutoring for those that are gifted and talented, and tuition for those preparing for any exam from 4+, up to the 13+.
We run the UK’s number one multi-campus summer school where students can learn languages and subjects at some of the UKs top educational institutions. We also provide holiday activity camps such as Ultimate Activity, Ultimate Tech, and Ultimate Sports camps.
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