1. Although many Reach Essay clients have been admitted to top schools, we cannot guarantee admissions results for any student.

2. We cannot write essays for you. Ethical codes forbid third parties from preparing essays for applicants. We guide and suggest edits, but we will not write essays for you. As such, the quality of the final essays will depend largely on the student’s writing ability and effort. While we try our best to help students produce essays that reflect their best work, we cannot guarantee that the essays will be flawless or of the quality one might expect from a professional writer.

3.On average, the Common Application personal essay takes 6-10 hours of lesson time. Supplemental essays range from approximately 1-3 hours depending on word count. Similar prompts can allow recycling of previous essay material, which speeds along the process. If the student has drafts to bring to the first session (depending on the quality of the drafts), this can also hasten the process.

4. Cancellation Policy. Any no-show, reschedule, or cancellation within 24 hours of a lesson will be charged in full. Please let us as soon as possible if you must cancel.

5. Essay Usage Policy. Unless otherwise stated, you are granting permission for your essay drafts to be shared with current and potential clients at Reach Essays. This may include marketing purposes on the website and promotional materials. We will take care to protect your name and personal details so that your essays will not be identifiable. If you wish to opt out of this agreement, please let us know and Reach Essays will not use your materials for any purposes outside your lessons.

6. Asynchronous lessons. Students can request offline feedback on their essays (i.e. reading drafts, making comments), and those hours will be charged at the same rate as session time.

7. Parent check-ins. We understand that applications can be a very involved process for the entire family and parents may ask to set up a call to get updates on their child's progress. We send out lesson reports after every session to keep parents in the loop, but we are happy to jump on a call. Calls shorter than 15 minutes will not be billed, anything longer will be billed at the lesson rate. Thank you for understanding.

8. Billing. Our rate is $350/hour. Invoices will be sent monthly, with a non-refundable $1,000 deposit (applied to your sessions) to be made before the first session.

9. We are not a “full-service” admission advising firm—we are strictly essays. If you need help with time management, we are not the right consultants for you.

10. Deadlines. It is the client’s responsibility to be aware of, and stay on top of, their own deadlines. Reach Essays will not chase you down to book appointment or alert you of upcoming deadlines.

11. Homework. There is a strong expectation that you will work on drafts in between sessions and improve them to the best of your ability. We read your essays before every session (rather than during meeting time) so please make sure your homework is done, at latest, by 10 pm ET the night before your session.

12. Availability. We will do our best to give you maximum notice about availability (especially as many important deadlines fall around the holidays) and urge you to make appointments as early as possible. Please be conscientious that there are crunch periods where many clients request meetings and it’s not possible to accommodate every single request. It’s in your best interest to plan ahead and book early.