Lorelee Campbell, Writing Tutor and Freelance Editor

10/09/2025

I can help you and your student with the pain of the application process! Email me at [email protected] to discuss options!

08/08/2025

The Common Application is open! If your senior is looking to distinguish themselves from the crowd, I can help!

07/29/2024

It’s that time of year again! The Common Application opens on August 1. Please feel free to share with others!

Do you have a high school senior? Are they working on their Common App or College Application Essays? Do they need a helping hand?

The Personal Statement is the most important essay on the Common App, but for many schools there are also supplemental essays. These all have a strict word count limit and very specific topics.

If your child is having trouble getting started, needs to pare their essay down, or wants another set of eyes on their essay, I am here to help! I offer interactive consultation via Google Docs, Zoom, and phone calls; and have evening availability to consult with students.

à la carte services--billed at $60 per hour. Mix and match according to your needs:
-30 Minute Personal Essay Topic Selection Phone Consultation
-Pre-Written Personal Essay Review with 60 Minute Interactive Review with Student
-Pre-Written Supplemental Essay Review with 15-30 Minute Online and Phone Consultation/Review
-Topic Refinement for Personal Essays, Supplemental Essays, and Scholarship Essays
-Fitting Essay to Word Count (personal or supplemental essays)
-Word Choice, Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Review

$300 Package Deal:
-Email or Phone Consultation to Assess Student Need
-Comprehensive Review of Personal Essay and one Supplemental Essay
-Includes Word Count Adjustment, Complete Copy Edit/Proofread, and 60 Minute Interactive Review with Student
For all services, essays reviewed will be returned in two forms: Original with suggested changes marked, and "clean" as it would read if all changes are accepted.

My services are available to new clients within one week of an application deadline at a rate of $75 per hour. Existing clients can also request rush jobs within 72 hours of a deadline at a rate of $75 per hour.

Payment accepted through PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle.
Contact me through Messenger or at [email protected] for more information!

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09/08/2023

Can you believe it is September?? The Common App has been open since 8/1/23, and the first deadlines for Early Action and Early Decision are quickly approaching! Of course schools with rolling admissions are already sending decisions as well!

Is your student's essay on track to meet their admissions deadline? I can help them with narrowing down their topic options, cutting word count, cleaning up wording and grammar, and more!

Message me at [email protected] to discuss your student's needs, how I can help, rates and availability!

P.S.

The essay prompts for 23-24 can be found here: https://appsupport.commonapp.org/applicantsupport/s/article/What-are-the-2023-24-Common-App-essay-prompts

07/31/2023

It's that time of year again! The Common App opens tomorrow, 8/1/23, and essay prompts for 23-24 can be found here: https://appsupport.commonapp.org/applicantsupport/s/article/What-are-the-2023-24-Common-App-essay-prompts It is time for rising seniors interested in applying to college to begin writing their essay!!

As an experienced editor and writing tutor, I can help your student to build a strong, unique essay that shows admissions office readers who they are and what they can bring to a specific campus. I have helped over a dozen students finalize strong essays and those essays helped them gain admission to some of the most selective schools across the country.

I offer a range of services including comprehesive editing, word count reduction, and simple proofreading. Message or email me ([email protected]) me for hourly rates and package pricing, as well as availability.

08/04/2022

It’s that time of year again! The Common Application opened on August 1. I am re-sharing this information—please feel free to share with others!

Do you have a high school senior? Are they working on their Common App or College Application Essays? Do they need a helping hand?

The Personal Statement is the most important essay on the Common App, but for many schools there are also supplemental essays. These all have a strict word count limit and very specific topics.

If your child is having trouble getting started, paring their essay down, or wants another set of eyes on their essay, I am here to help! I offer interactive consultation via Google Docs and phone, and have evening availability to consult with students.


à la carte services--billed at $50 per hour. Mix and match according to your needs:

-30 Minute Getting Personal Essay Topic Selection Phone Consultation
-Personal Essay Review with 60 Minute Interactive Review with Student
-Supplemental Essay Review with 15-30 Minute Online and Phone Review
-Fitting Essay to Word Count (personal or supplemental essays)
-Word Choice, Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Review

$200 Package Deal:

-Email or Phone Consultation to Assess Student Need
-Comprehensive Review of Personal Essay and one Supplemental Essay
--Includes Word Count Adjustment, Complete Copy Edit/Proofread, and 60 Minute Interactive Review with Student

For all services, essays reviewed will be returned in two forms: Original with suggested changes marked, and "clean" as it would read if all changes are accepted.

Payment accepted through PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle.

Contact me through Messenger for more information!

09/28/2021

Do you have a high school senior? Are they working on their Common App or College Application Essays? Do they need a helping hand?

The Personal Statement is the most important essay on the Common App, but for many schools there are also supplemental essays. These all have a strict word count limit and very specific topics.

If your child is having trouble getting started, paring their essay down, or wants another set of eyes on their essay, I am here to help! I offer interactive consultation via Google Docs and phone, and have evening availability to consult with students.


à la carte services--billed at $50 per hour. Mix and match according to your needs:

-30 Minute Getting Personal Essay Topic Selection Phone Consultation
-Personal Essay Review with 60 Minute Interactive Review with Student
-Supplemental Essay Review with 15-30 Minute Online and Phone Review
-Fitting Essay to Word Count (personal or supplemental essays)
-Word Choice, Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Review

$200 Package Deal:

-Email or Phone Consultation to Assess Student Need
-Comprehensive Review of Personal Essay and one Supplemental Essay
--Includes Word Count Adjustment, Complete Copy Edit/Proofread, and 60 Minute Interactive Review with Student

For all services, essays reviewed will be returned in two forms: Original with suggested changes marked, and "clean" as it would read if all changes are accepted.

Payment accepted through PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle.

Contact me through Messenger for more information!

04/17/2021

The 2021-2022 Common App Essay Prompts have been released!

If you are like me, you have a Junior and are in the thick of hunting for colleges. If your child is getting a jump on the Common App Essays, and would like some editorial help, message me to set up a session!