College essay & grad school personal statement coaching · Tampa, Florida & online

Your ideas. My writing expertise.
Let’s go Dutch!

College essays and graduate school personal statements are meant to be highly readable, authentic, and give application readers a peek at your unique qualities. That’s a lot to accomplish, so no wonder you are stressing.

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Essays that have to sound like you.

College application essays and supplements.

The Common App personal statement and the school-specific essays that go with it. From a blank page to a finished draft, or from a draft you already have.

Graduate school personal statements.

Statements of purpose and personal statements for master’s, doctoral, and professional programs, where you have to be specific about why this program and why now.

Revising a draft you already have.

You’ve written something and it isn’t working yet. We figure out why, keep what’s good, and rebuild the rest together.

Let’s go Dutch!

You bring your personality and I’ll meet you with idea generating, writing, and revising strategies.

You bringYour personality.

  • Your stories and ideas
  • Your voice on the page
  • An open mind about changes

I bringThe strategies.

  • Idea generating strategies
  • Writing strategies
  • Revising strategies

Together, we will work to complete an essay you are excited about.

Een beetje Nederlands voor onderweg. un BAY-chuh NAY-der-lahnts vor ON-der-vekh

A little Dutch for the road. Words the Dutch have for things every essay writer goes through.

Gezellig huh-ZEL-ikh

Cozy, warm, good company. What a session should feel like.

Lekker LEK-er

Tasty, or just plain great. A sentence that finally lands.

Uitwaaien OUT-vye-en

Walking in the wind to clear your head. Step one when you’re stuck.

Niksen NIK-sen

Doing nothing, on purpose. Ideas show up when you stop forcing them.

Polderen POL-der-en

Working it out by talking it through. How we revise.

Doe maar gewoon doo mar khe-VOHN

“Just be normal.” The Dutch allergy to showing off. Readers can tell when you’re performing.

Simple packages, no surprises.

Ideas to Essay.

$300 3 sessions

From brainstorming to a finished essay. Add-on sessions are $100 each.

Supplemental essays.

$100 1 to 3 essays

The shorter school-specific essays that come with an application.

Emergency look at a draft.

$50

Deadline is close and you need a second set of eyes on what you have.

All sessions include an intro phone call.

Gratuity: All gratuity will go directly toward funding essay sessions for a student who may be unable to afford services.

About Rhea Ramey.

Among my current and former students, I’m known for positivity, effective strategies for clear composition, and making writing enjoyable. The types of essays I assist with are a blend of creative writing and academic writing. I’ve taught and practiced both throughout my time at Marshall University, Rutgers University, and continue to do so at The University of Tampa.

Marshall UniversityRutgers UniversityThe University of Tampa
Rhea Ramey

What working together feels like.

“I reached out to Rhea Ramey after feeling stuck whilst writing my college admissions essay, she helped tremendously in the process, especially in concept, creating, and editing. She ultimately helped me get into almost every college I applied to.”

Tyler Berry

Let’s get started.

Tell me a little about where you are: the application, the deadline, and whether you have a draft yet. Every package starts with an intro call, so this is just the first hello.