4 of 6 fall coaching seats left
Coached one to one by Naomi Whitcomb
Free 20-minute fit call
210 application essays since 2019
Applications close August 29
0 Essays coached since 2019
6 Students per season
0 States served
14 yrs Classroom teaching
Who this is for

Students with something to say and no idea how to start.

Coaching is one to one because essays are. There is no curriculum to follow: we start from what your student actually did last summer, and find the version of it worth 650 words.

Not the right fit

If your student needs someone to write it for them, this is not that service, and no amount of money changes that answer.

Blank document, three weeks in Draft that sounds like everyone else's Nine supplements, no plan 1,100 words, needs to be 650 First in the family to apply Strong story, second language Deadline in six weeks Won't take edits from a parent
What you get

Six deliverables, not six chats.

A story inventory

Session one produces a written list of eight things your student could write about, ranked.

A finished personal statement

650 words, taken through at least four drafts, in your student's own voice.

Supplement plan and drafts

Three supplements written in the twelve-session package, with a reuse map for the rest.

Line edits between sessions

Every draft comes back marked up within two working days, with reasons not just changes.

Interview practice

One mock alumni interview, recorded, with notes on what to cut and what to keep.

Parent updates, on request

A short written note after every second session if your student agrees to it. Their call, not ours.

HOW COACHING RUNS

Three stages, six to twelve weeks.

From last season

Two families, two very different starts.

He came in with 1,100 words about a soccer injury. He left with 640 about his grandmother's kitchen, and he wrote every one of them himself.
Marcus Ellery
Marcus Ellery Parent of a 2025 applicant · Ann Arbor, MI
English is her second language and she was terrified the essay would sound flat. Naomi kept the sentences that sounded like her and cut the ones that sounded like a textbook.
Rosa Delgado
Rosa Delgado Parent of a 2025 applicant · Tucson, AZ

Quotes are from Larkfield coaching families and describe their own experience. Individual outcomes vary.

APPLY FOR A SEAT

Six seats a season, so we ask first.

Fill this in and Naomi reads it herself, usually the same evening. If it looks like a fit she sends two or three times for a free twenty-minute call with you and your student.

  • No card and no deposit at this stage
  • The call is with Naomi, not an advisor
  • You get an honest answer, including "not yet"
  • Applications for the fall season close August 29

Coaching application

Four fields. Two minutes.

We reply to every application, including the ones we turn down.

4 of 6 seats left · applications close August 29

Start with a twenty-minute call.

Bring whatever exists, even if that is nothing. Naomi will tell you which package fits, or that you do not need one.

Free · no card · no deposit