Coach Anthony
Your course instructor and college planning guru
Anthony brings immense professional academic experience to his work as a college admissions coach. Previously, Anthony worked as a biochemistry researcher at Villanova University. At the same time, Anthony worked on the orientation team in Villanova University’s office of undergraduate admissions. Combined with his longstanding commitment to students through a variety of tutoring that would help many students see admission to elite schools, this gives him a unique and valuable perspective that he brings to his college essay coaching program. Although his own admissions journey was successful in the sense that he was admitted to Villanova, he felt overwhelmed and misinformed throughout much of the process. Now, as a college planning coach, Anthony is on a mission to ensure that families approach the college admissions process with the confidence, clarity, and support that he wishes he had himself.
Coach Anthony
Anthony is recognized as a leader in the college planning industry.
Anthony also serves as the offical college planning expert for two or the largest college planning communities on Facebook. On these pages, Anthony shares a wealth of valuable and free information, contributing to equity in the college admissions process.
What to expect
Creating a Common App essay topic
For most students, the process of creating a viable essay topic is one of the most daunting parts of this process. During this workshop, we will conduct strategic brainstorming exercises, assuring that every student leaves class with a viable essay topic.
Outlining your Common App Essay
The way that you go about discussing your essay topic is just as important as the essay topic itself. That is why we make sure that all of our students leave class with a high detail and strategic outline for their essay.
What admissions officers really want to see in your essay (AKA the do’s and dont’s)
College essays come with endless dos and don'ts, as well as many things that admissions officers like (and don’t) like to see in the essays that they read. Many students are extremely unfamiliar with these complexities, so we use a portion of class to discuss all of these with our students!
Strategy and Narative
In today’s competitive admissions environment, students need to have an overarching narrative that exists in their essays and other application materials. Additionally, admissions strategy (things like EA/ED/RD planning and demonstrated interest) have become increasingly important. These elements can be extremely stressful for many students, so we make sure to break it down during our classes!
The activities section + Additional information
The Common App includes many sections in addition to the main essay. While many students tend to overlook them, many of them contain valuable opportunities to build out a strong narrative. During our workshop, we will fill in students on everything that they can do to fully utilize these sections in their own personal context.
What our students have to say
“Working with Anthony completely changed my daughter’s confidence throughout the college application process. He helped her transform her ideas into an essay that genuinely reflected who she was, while still keeping her authentic voice. His admissions knowledge and personalized guidance made the entire process feel far less overwhelming for our family. By the end, my daughter not only had an essay she was proud of, but also felt much more confident in herself as a writer and applicant.“
Gabriel M
“Anthony brings a unique perspective to college essay coaching because he truly understands both sides of the admissions process. His feedback was thoughtful, honest, and incredibly detailed without ever making my son feel discouraged. He knew exactly how to help him highlight his strengths in a way that felt natural and compelling. We are so grateful for his support and would highly recommend him to any family navigating college admissions.”
Brian R
“The college admissions process can feel stressful and confusing, but Anthony made it feel manageable from start to finish. He took the time to really get to know my daughter and helped her craft essays that were personal, meaningful, and memorable. His communication, professionalism, and encouragement throughout the process were exceptional. We truly felt like he cared about her success every step of the way.”
Ashlyn L
Our class guarantee
You will leave class with all of the following
- An approved essay topic
- An approved essay outline
- A clear strategy for your
If your student needs additional time to develop any of these items, we will gladly stay late on class with them to make sure that they get where they need to be.
This workshop is HIGHLY interactive
This workshop is not just a lecture on what your students needs to be doing. We will actually be doing these things with them, and this requires that they come to class ready to interact with us!
Class features
Designed to provide you with a seamless learning experience.
A 2 hour interactive class
Our crash courses revolve around our live 3 hour classes, which are lead by our expert instructors and full of highly curated score raising content!
Class recording access
Worried about missing an important detail from class? Don’t be! We send every student a recorded version of class!
A PDF workbook to follow along with.
Each student will be provided with a PDF workbook so they can work through all of our writing and planning exercises in an organized and properly formatted place!
frequent questions
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Is this course “lecture” style?
Is this program only for rising seniors (class of 2027)?
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