Essay Cure winner of Washington Parent Pick

Your Child’s Best-Fit College Starts Here

For most families, a college education ranks among the top three financial investments they’ll ever make — alongside buying a home and saving for retirement. The stakes are just as high on the personal side: choosing the right schools and presenting a compelling application can be the difference between acceptance and rejection in an increasingly competitive process.

At ESSAY CURE, we help students craft standout essays that reveal who they are, what they value, and why they belong — turning admissions officers into advocates. From strategic list-building to expert essay guidance, we provide personalized support that transforms a stressful process into a confident one.

Integrity You Can Trust

Getting into the right-fit college is harder than ever — costs are rising, and competition keeps increasing. In the middle of it all, you’re trusting us with your child’s future, and that requires an advisor who holds themselves to the highest standard.

That’s why we adhere to the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s (NACAC) Code of Ethics and Professional Practices, as well as IECA’s Principles of Good Practice. When you work with us, you’re working with counselors who commit to ethical, transparent guidance every step of the way.

We Won't Write It.

Here’s Why That Matters.

Will you write my essay for me? No — and you don’t want us to. It would violate academic integrity for a parent or an educational consultant to write a student’s essay. Some do it anyway. We won’t.

Nobody can tell a student’s story like the student can, and admissions readers can spot an essay written in an adult’s voice from a mile away. Instead, we teach students how to find and shape their own words, so they walk away not just with a finished essay, but with the confidence to write their own story for the rest of their lives.

Parents: it’s okay for a college essay to sound like it was written by a 17-year-old. That’s the point.

Two Services. One Goal: Getting Your Student Into the Right College.

Families often need two kinds of support during the college application process.

College App Help Desk provides expert admissions strategy — building a balanced college list, choosing between Early Decision and Early Action, identifying schools likely to offer merit or need-based aid, and managing deadlines.

ESSAY CURE provides one-on-one essay coaching — helping students discover meaningful personal stories and write essays that reflect who they really are. Together, they give families both the strategy and the storytelling a strong application needs.

Christine Garcharna - Essay Cure College Consulting

It’s Not About the Ranking — It’s About the Fit

As a parent, helping my own high schoolers navigate the college process was stressful and confusing — the more I learned, the more I realized I didn’t know. That’s what led me here. It’s not about chasing a ranking; it’s about how your student feels on that campus, in those classrooms, with those professors and classmates.

Turn Admissions Officers into Advocates

Explore how ESSAY CURE can help your student approach the college application process with clarity, confidence, and strategy.