Prompt works with more students — and gets better results — than any other college essay coaching company in the world.

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• Why we're the highest-rated college essay service
• College Acceptances at Prompt | 2023-2024
  • A few Prompt student scholarship awards & honor acceptances

Why we’re the highest-rated service.

You can read our student reviews at Trustpilot.com, where we’re proud to be the highest-rated coaching company with - NBD - a 4.8 out of 5-star rating.

Parents love us for multiple reasons, but here's a quick sampling:

• We give the best feedback using our research-backed "blue notes" approach, giving students actionable feedback every time.
• We hold students accountable for writing and submitting their drafts to us. Our team helps students set deadlines for work and follows up to answer questions and provide assistance.
• And of course, because our students get into the best schools around!

The students we work with get better results. In the past three admission cycles, 3 out of 4 of our applicants got into 1 (or more) of their reach schools.

Students love us (again, for multiple reasons). Here's a few:

• We value student voice and get to know you. After working with us, your essay will still sound like you, just polished, professional, and concisely written to convey all your best traits and content to application readers.
• We provide feedback quickly, even during the peak of application season.
• Our expert Writing Coaches help students feel more confident in their applications.

College Acceptances at Prompt | 2023-24

Last application year, we had students gain admission at every top-50 and top-100 college. They also earned over $10,000,000 in scholarships. We couldn’t be prouder of them. Below is a list of just some of the colleges: 

• American Musical and Dramatic Academy
• American University
• Amherst College
• Arizona State University
• Auburn University
• Babson College
• Baylor University
• Boston College
• Brown University
• Butler University
• California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO)
• California State University, Long Beach
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Case Western Reserve University
• Chapman University
• Clemson University
• Colgate University 
• Colorado College
• Colorado School of Mines
• Colorado State University
• Columbia University
• Cornell University
• Creighton University
• Dartmouth College
• Drexel University
• Duke University
• Elon University
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Emory University
• Eugene Lang The New School
• Fairfield University
• Florida Atlantic University
• Florida Institute of Technology
• Florida International University
• Florida State University
• Fordham University
• George Mason University
• George Washington University
• Georgetown University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Gonzaga University
• Harvard University
• Haverford College
• High Point University
• Indiana University
• Ithaca College
• James Madison University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Kenyon College
• Lafayette College
• Lehigh University
• Lewis & Clark College
• Louisiana State University
• Loyola Marymount University
• Loyola University Chicago
• Macalester College
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• McGill University
• Miami University (Ohio)
• Michigan State University
• Mississippi State University
• Montana State University
• New York University
• North Carolina State University
• Northeastern University
• Northwestern University
• Oberlin College
• Occidental College
• Ohio State University
• Oregon State University
• Pace University
• Pennsylvania State University
• Pepperdine University
• Pomona College
• Pratt Institute
• Purdue University
• Quinnipiac University
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Rhodes College
• Rice University
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Rutgers University–New Brunswick
• San Diego State University
• Santa Clara University
• Savannah College of Art and Design
• School of Visual Arts
• Sewanee: The University of the South
• Smith College
• Southern Methodist University
• Stanford University
• Stony Brook University – SUNY
• Stevens Institute of Technology
• Swarthmore College
• Syracuse University
• Temple University
• Texas A & M University
• Texas Christian University
• Texas Tech University
• The Catholic University of America
• The College of Wooster
• Tufts University
• Tulane University
• Union College (New York)
• United States Air Force Academy
• University of Alabama
• University of Arizona
• University of Arkansas
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Davis
• University of California, Irvine
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
• University of California, Merced
• University of California, Riverside
• University of California, San Diego
• University of California, Santa Barbara
• University of California, Santa Cruz
• University of Chicago
• University of Colorado Boulder
• University of Connecticut
• University of Delaware
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Florida
• University of Georgia
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Kansas
• University of Kentucky
• University of Maryland, College Park
• University of Massachusetts Amherst
• University of Miami
• University of Michigan
• University of Missouri-Kansas City
• University of Nebraska–Lincoln
• University of New Hampshire
• University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Oklahoma
• University of Oregon
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Portland
• University of Rhode Island
• University of Richmond
• University of Rochester
• University of San Diego
• University of South Carolina
• University of Southern California
• University of Tampa
• University of Tennessee
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Vermont
• University of Virginia
• University of Washington
• University of Waterloo
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Vanderbilt University
• Vassar College
• Villanova University
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Wake Forest University
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Wellesley College
• West Virginia University
• Western Washington University
• William and Mary
• Williams College
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Yale University

A few Prompt student scholarship awards & honor acceptances

We also helped many students win merit scholarships and admission to honors programs, including:

• American University - Honors Program; merit scholarships totaling over $200,000 over four years
• Arizona State University - Barrett Honors College
• Belmont University - Global Honors College; Archer Presidential Scholarship, merit scholarships totaling over $225,000 over four years
• Case Western University - merit scholarships totaling over $150,000 over four years
• Clemson University - Honors College
• DePauw University - merit scholarships totaling over $400,000 over four year
• Drexel University - Pennoni Honors College; Presidential Scholarship, Drexel Grant, merit scholarships totaling over $125,000 over four years
• Fordham University - merit scholarships totaling over $250,000 over four years
• George Mason University - Honors College
• Highpoint University - Natural Science Fellowship; merit scholarships totaling over $200,000 over four years
• Michigan State University - merit scholarships totaling over $150,000 over four years
• North Carolina State University - Honors Program; WISE Program
• Ohio State University - Scholars Program
• Pennsylvania State University - Schreyer Honors College
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Leadership Scholarship, merit scholarships totaling over $80,000 over four years
• Rochester Institute of Technology - Admittance to 5-year masters program; Presidential Scholarship, merit scholarships totaling over $125,000 over four years
• Syracuse University- merit scholarships totaling over $125,000 over four years
• Texas Tech University - Honors College
• The University of Alabama - University Honors Program; merit scholarships totaling over $400,000 over four years
• Tulane University - Paul Tulane Scholarship, merit scholarships totaling over $600,000 over four years
• University of Arizona - Franke Honors College
• University of California, Irvine - Honors Program
• University of Florida - merit scholarships totaling over $100,000 over four years
• University of Georgia - Morehead Honors College; merit scholarships totaling over $175,000 over four years
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Granger Program
• University of Miami - Honors Program; Premier Scholarship, Presidential Scholarship, merit scholarships totaling over $770,000 over four years
• University of Pittsburgh - Honors College; merit scholarships totaling over $175,000 over four years
• University of Richmond - merit scholarships totaling over $675,000 over four years
• University of South Carolina - Honors College; merit scholarships totaling over $75,000 over four years
• University of Texas at Austin - Honors Program
• Vanderbilt University - merit scholarships totaling over $225,000 over four years

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