Essay & College Application Coach
Will is an admissions essay expert, published author, and editor working on everything from national magazines to websites.
Brooke and Will provided great assistance to our son as he navigated the application and test preparation process. Not only was the support and guidance well thought out and informative, but it was timely and collaborative. Our investment engaging HelloCollege was worth it and produced fantastic results for our son.
Parent of Gabe
York Community High School
Brooke and Will have been the dream team for my daughter on the college application adventure. So positive and patient and full of all the helpful things we needed to make this a success!
Parent of Addison
Skyline High School
Brooke and Will are phenomenal. Couldn’t ask for better coaches. Kind, available, empathetic, organized and collaborative. Invaluable resources.
Parent of Noah
Boise High School
Our experience with Hello College has been overwhelmingly positive. Both the counselor, Brooke Kent, and the essay coach, Will Wagner, have been instrumental in guiding us through this challenging application process. Brooke and Will are consummate professionals. We applied to 18 schools via early action and have heard back from 7 schools so far- all acceptances! Highly recommend working with Hello College, especially Brooke and Will.
Parent
Wheaton Academy High School
I could not have asked for a better experience! I had such a wonderful time working with both my counselor Miracle and my essay coach Zee. I received insurmountable assistance from both individuals, and the work we completed together helped me tremendously. As the first child of three to go to college, applications are incredibly daunting, especially considering how the application process has changed over the past decade. The meetings I had with specialists and my own counselor broke down the application process into approachable pieces that inevitably led to my acceptance at the University of Illinois. From the Common App to post-acceptance scholarship applications, HelloCollege was there when I needed it and I will forever be grateful!
Student
Wheaton Warrenville South High School
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
I worked with Shariq Ali as my counselor for the past two years. I would recommend this program to anyone that feels overwhelmed about the college application process, and I would especially recommend my specific counselor. Shariq was so patient and helpful throughout every step of the way. He helped me pick out my colleges all the way to the point that I got accepted into my dream college (FAU). I’m a very unorganized person, but this program helped me get organized and get everything done in a timely manner from consistent meetings to having a private essay coach that helped me tweak my essay until I got it just right. I hope anyone that is needing help with their college acceptance process will use this website because i genuinely couldn’t have done it without Shariq!
Student
Palmetto High School
Will fell in love with the written word his junior year in high school, thanks to an English teacher named Mrs. Kelley. She exposed him to the magic of writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and especially John Steinbeck. Just like that, his future came into focus.
And while Will never became the next Steinbeck (darn!), he did go on to have a gratifying career in publishing as a writer and editor for everything from national magazines to websites. He even wrote a book of his own, Wrigley Blues: The Year the Cubs Played Hardball with the Curse (but Lost Anyway), published in 2004 by Taylor Trade. For the past several years, he also has worked as an essay coach at HelloCollege. His goal in this role is simple: to bring a little “Mrs. Kelley” to the game and help students down the path of fulfilling their passions and achieving their dreams.
Location
Chicago, IL
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