Refines and adds substance to essays
I highly recommend Gina as a great source to either begin writing a college essay or fine tune one that has already been started. Gina has worked with both my children to polish their essays and supplemental college questions. She is very responsive and communicates with both the student and the parent. Her comments and suggestions were very helpful to my son and daughter. She definitely helped refine and add substance to their essays. Gina is a wonderful and valuable source.
– Cecilia Lopac, Scotch Plains, NJ
Constructive comments
I can’t say enough good things about Gina. She assisted my son with several college essays and on every one, she made wonderful suggestions and constructive comments that helped him fine tune each essay into the best version it could be. She was incredibly responsive and easy to work with and my son really enjoyed working with her. I’m so thankful for her assistance and highly recommend her. She’s the best!!
– Stacey Bender, Scotch Plains, NJ
Flexible and encouraging
Gina helped me with my college essay and various supplemental essays. She helped me to narrow down my topic and cut out unnecessary parts. Always very encouraging and thorough in her edits, she guided me through, but never changed anything I didn’t want to. She was very flexible with times and even helped me over email after my sessions were done. I can’t thank her enough for her help in getting me into my top college!
– Kayla Reisberg, Scotch Plains, NJ
Warm, caring and patient
I've known Gina for over 20 years. She is a warm, caring, and patient person who has a gift for helping others reach their full potential. When it was time for my son to write his college essays (he needed to write two), Gina was there to help. They worked together to brainstorm topic ideas and discussed essay structure. She was honest and gave constructive feedback to help him create the best possible essays. He got into every school he applied to. Gina has a lot of experience in this area, and she's wonderful, so you can't ask for a better guide to help you through the process.
– April Rosen, Kendall Park, NJ
Supportive and helpful
Gina helped my daughter with her college essay. She helped her brainstorm ideas, select the one that worked best for her and helped her edit the essay. She makes the kids do the work, but she is supportive and helpful throughout the process. With Gina's help, my daughter was accepted to every school that she applied to, and almost all with significant merit aid. My daughter was happy and so were her parents!
– Suzanne Tucker, Westfield, NJ
Able to craft and fine-tune an essay
The college admissions process for both parents and students is incredibly stressful. Thankfully one thing that was not stressful for us was our college essay. Why? Because Gina Banks was in the picture. During our initial meeting, Gina took some time to get to know my son. Then based on their conversation she helped him narrow down the subject matter to something he was passionate to write about. Gina then worked one on one with my son to help him craft and then fine tune his essay. The end result is a fantastic essay that will most definitely differentiate him from other applicants.
– Lisa Goldenberg, Morristown, NJ
A positive experience!
If you want a positive experience writing your college essays, like the three of us had, we highly recommend using Gina Banks to help. Through brainstorming sessions, Gina guided our life experiences into cohesive thoughts pertaining to the questions asked. After writing the initial rough draft and subsequent drafts, Gina’s constructive input developed our essays to be more clear and concise. Gina will work alongside you until you feel that each essay is at its optimal version. All of us felt at ease after submitting each essay as Gina helped to boost our confidence in our own writing ability.
– Jordan, Sammi & Ryan Scheiner, Warren, NJ
Accepted to her dream school
Gina stepped in at the last minute to help my daughter with her college application essays. Gina and Callie emailed back and forth and made edits together until they agreed that the essays were ready for submission. Gina's guidance was so helpful in keeping me out of the weeds during the application process - and it must have helped the essays, Callie was accepted to her dream school, UNC Chapel Hill!
– Amy Mauser, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
