Application Essay Counseling
With a decade of experience helping students gain admissions to top schools, our essay counselors will help make your college and boarding school essays unforgettable!
Free 1-hour ConsultationApplication Essay Guidance
Drawing from a team of expert essay counselors, we help students every step of the way from start to finish in crafting successful admissions essays. We guide students through comprehensive and in-depth brainstorming to help them identify unique personal narratives, then assist them in the complex process of outlining, drafting, and proofing their perfect essay. Our one-on-one essay counseling sessions are offered both online and in-person.
Our Expertise
US Universities
Common app
Coalition
UC essays
School specific supplements
UK Universities
UCAS
JP Universities
English-language application essays
Boarding Schools
SAO
Gateway
Graduate School
Personal statement
Some of Our 2021 Results
US Universities
UCLA
USC
Berkeley
Stanford
Yale
Cornell
Brown
UPenn
UK Universities
University College London
University of Bristol
King’s College London
University of Edinburgh
Imperial College London
JP Universities
University of Tokyo
Waseda University
Keio University
Sophia University
International Christian University
Boarding Schools
Phillips Academy Andover
The Lawrenceville School
The Hotchkiss School
St. Paul’s School
Choate Rosemary Hall
What we do
Brainstorm
No essay is solid without a solid foundation. We brainstorm extensively to build such a foundation and help students craft a unique and creative narrative of their own that stands out from the rest of the applicant pool.
Revise
All good writing is rewriting. We assist students in restructuring, refining, and revising the first draft again and again until the narrative is smooth, original, and compelling.
Polish
This is the final flourish where we help students not just fix grammar but improve word choice, sentence flow, and other mechanics of the prose.
Meet our essay counselors
Hear from our students
Find out why students and families trust Tokyo Academics to help them reach their goals!
My counselor brought out the most creative parts of me when we workshopped pieces together. Unafraid to be myself, I presented my most genuine voice in my writing while getting insight into the artistry that goes into great writing. My counselor is a wealth of knowledge, with so many crazy suggestions and ideas. It was a true honor working with him—I have come out of the experience with an improved capacity to write with a unique voice and think critically and creatively. I definitely finished the experience as a better person, owed to the incredible person my counselor is. Despite the stresses of this time of year, I would certainly do this all again for the opportunity to work with him again.
I highly recommend TA’s essay counseling! College essays are often overwhelming, but this counseling definitely reduces the stress and helps you to write what exactly you are trying to tell. Additionally, throughout the counseling, I was able to figure out what I really want from a college education, and I’m grateful that I chose TA!
I learned and gained a lot out of the essay counseling process at Tokyo Academics. My counselor helped me decide on an essay topic and narrow in on themes and ideas that I wanted to highlight, which is what I think made my essays stand out. By the end of the process, my essays were genuine, well-written, and concise, and would not have been as focused or polished without the help of TA. Not to mention, My counselor was very fun to work with and always makes essay-counseling student-centered; it’s obvious that he wants what’s best for his students and wants to make the essay-writing process as enjoyable and engaging as possible.
I’ve had the privilege to know my counselor for around five years now, and he helped me get into both boarding school and college. I especially enjoyed working with my counselor during my college process because he made lessons worthwhile. Every lesson was both productive and fun; we would get more than enough work done while leaving room to catch up every time we met. Most importantly, these essays got me into my first choice college early!
Taka Okubo
TA Essay Counseling Director
Meet with the Director
In our free consultation, we will:
Give you a detailed rundown of how we can help and what we do
Discuss your individual application essay needs
Answer any questions or concerns you may have about the process