It's your story.  Tell it as well as you can.

With the widespread layoffs and hiring freezes in today's turbulent economy, applications to most graduate and professional schools have already risen dramatically in 2007, and this year's acceptance rates are expected to drop to unprecedented lows.  In this extremely competitive environment, even candidates with exceptional grades, scores, and resumes cannot afford to overlook a single opportunity to distinguish themselves.

Although polished grammar and punctuation are essential, technical refinement is just one of the many prerequisites for an effective application essay or personal statement.  To ensure that your writing makes a positive and memorable impact on overworked admissions officers, Andrew Benton Consulting goes far beyond basic proofreading to…

• Clarify and amplify key points throughout your writing to ensure maximum impact
• Eliminate the wordiness and redundancy that slows the pace of your writing and risks losing the reader's interest
• Smooth the abrupt and confusing transitions in your writing that will cause the reader to lose track of your core message
• Fine-tune the tone of your writing to remove or reposition any comments or explanations that reflect negatively on you

Most corporate-run services make the same claims, but the quality of the edit is always limited by the experience and skill of the editor.  At Andrew Benton Consulting, all edits are performed personally by Andrew.

Confidentiality Guarantee: with a minimal staff and no client data stored online, Andrew Benton Consulting guarantees that your business with us will remain just that--your business.

Quick Coverage: Direct feedback within 24 hours* on what works, what doesn't, and how you can improve your content to strengthen your admissions essay or personal statement.  A great way to sample our services.  Note: This is a feedback-only service.  No editing included.  Limit one essay per order.

Standard price: $45

Special one-time-only price for new clients: $30


Full Edit: Everything your admissions essay or personal statement needs to maximize its effectiveness, from tone and transitions to word choice, sentence structure, and technical polish.  Multiple essays CAN be submitted as one order, but only if they are all for the same school and degree program.  Click here for pricing.


Three-Round Collaborative Revision: Round 1: Receive a Full Edit on your first draft PLUS feedback on how you can improve your content.  Round 2: Consult with Andrew via email for up to seven days as you work on your next draft.  Round 3: Submit your final draft for a second Full Edit.  Multiple essays CAN be submitted as one order, but only if they are all for the same school and degree program.  Click here for pricing.

* All turnaround times begin when payment is received.