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“Author of a summa-level thesis at Harvard, master of four foreign languages, and professional translator, I am confident about my writing. So when I was asked to review a detective novel, I thought, “piece of cake.” Ever the perfectionist, I spent hours focusing the article’s structure and carefully weighing each word choice. Just to make sure, before submitting it for publication, I ran it by Susan. I was amazed at how her tweaks to the grammar, syntax, and vocabulary not only made my writing more effective, but enabled my own voice to come through more clearly. For top-quality results delivered in timely fashion at a reasonable price, Susan can’t be beat!
— Steve (Professional Musician, Composer, and Arranger)”
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Susan has a knack for grasping the most important points from both quantitative and qualitative research and presenting the findings accurately and clearly, while illuminating a deeper understanding of how the research connects to people’s daily lives. Her extensive knowledge of public policy, especially employment and budget issues, allows her to link our social science research to current policy debates in the media. Her one-page pieces on our in-depth research reports repackage the findings into an easily digestible and shareable format, bringing new audiences to our research.
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“When my university was up for re-accreditation, I was responsible for the report on the Department that I chair. Susan’s suggestion that I write an executive summary was incredibly helpful. She helped me identify aspects of our work to highlight as well as those to downplay. Then she talked me through unifying themes, to make the many topics hang together in a single coherent document. By asking thoughtful questions and listening hard to the answers, she elicited useful facts that I’d forgotten I knew. Thanks to her guidance, my report was crisp, clear, and comprehensive—and finished in record time. I’d give her an A+. ”
“During the enormously stressful and time-consuming process of applying to business school, I found Susan an incredible help and a steadying hand. She supplied both high-level strategic advice on drawing out good essay topics, and tactical know-how and speed to actually get the job done. Her amazing attention to detail and unbelievable grammatical knowledge were all the more impressive given her very quick turnaround time.
She was a huge value-add for two additional, much harder, skills:
1: Rewording confusing paragraphs and keeping the essay on message where the prose had strayed from the key points.
2: Reducing the word-count of essays. Business schools come with HARD letter or word caps and she was ALWAYS able to condense whatever I’d written to fit within the space provided.
I highly recommend her.”
“Thank you so much for your help and support in editing my law school application essays. Your revisions were incredibly valuable and improved my writing significantly. Your assistance eased my concerns and added more confidence to my application process.”
“Susan was a careful and thorough editor of my grad school application essays. She began the process by asking what type of feedback would be most useful for me and then gave specific and relevant comments on each essay, taking the program into account. Her attention to detail, timeliness, and professionalism were exceptional!”
“Not only are Susan’s editing skills unparalleled, but unlike many people I showed my essay to, she actually made the effort to really understand my potential essay topics and what I wanted to convey about myself. Her help was no doubt an integral part of getting accepted to my first choice. In today’s wacky world of college and graduate school admissions, with rising numbers of applicants who have sky-high test scores and grades, essays are becoming more and more important in the quest to stand out. Susan will make sure you do.”