Testimonials
We've worked with thousands of students.
Here's what they had to say about us.
I cannot thank the ElevatED team enough for their hard work and dedication with their work. It truly is an inspiration for any future students applying to college!
Luisa S. | BU '28
Live Zoom Consulting & Async Essay Editing
Hi, I'm a college admissions counselor for international students. I find your videos very informative and helpful! You are producing very high quality content! Thank you very much for your work!
@L.L-in8hk | Feb 2024
YouTube subscriber
Thank you so much for your perspectives on my college application essays! Neither of my parents are native English speakers, so I found your advice invaluable. You really helped make my voice shine through in my essays!!
Doer H. | UPenn Huntsman '28
Live Zoom Consulting & Async Essay Editing
Thank you all so so much!!! ElevatEd was a wonderful experience for me. As someone who had very little access to college counseling from my community and underfunded school, the consulting counselor (Vennela) made a world of a difference in my application. She was consistently willing to throw ideas around, support and push back on potential essays, and listen to everything I had to say which made the writing process a hundred times easier. Vennela and ElevatEd's hands-on approach also kept me extremely focused and accountable. It felt like she had a wealth of experience which sparked ideas I never would have thought of before. For me, the college admissions process seemed overwhelming, but Vennela made it fun and manageable which was especially helpful given my background.
Isabella E. | Davidson '28
Live Zoom Consulting & Async Essay Editing
I just wanted to say thank you for your essay edits! I have some major pilot parents and I needed to consult someone who both my parents would trust, whilst also giving me the freedoms to add my voice to my essay. And the fact you gave constructive comments instead actual “physical rewrites” majorly aided in both the structure and the personality of my essay. And the fast turn around was such a blessing, thanks a lot ElevatEd!
Angelina S. | Carnegie Mellon '28
Async Essay Editing
This bootcamp was so informative, and also fun at the same time! Our instructor was super good at explaining everything, and also kept us entertained with things like giving us prompts to write, and also showing us helpful videos!
Analytical Writing Bootcamp Student
You are crazy Kevin! All this amazing content for free? We are so blessed you are on earth!!!!!
@systemloading45 | Nov 2023
YouTube subscriber
Inspiring, amazing instructors who ended up being more like family by the end of our sessions; they are the embodiment of support every educator can only hope to achieve. I cannot thank ElevatEd enough.
Brannis O.
Asynchronous Essay Editing
Wow, this video is fantastic and incredibly informative. Dartmouth is my dream school! I hope to come back next December to let you know that I've been accepted to Dartmouth for 2026! Thank you so much for putting in the effort to create this video.
@JihyeYu-ru6iy | May 2024
YouTube subscriber
At first, I wasn't expecting much from this course since it was only two weeks long.
I thought creative writing would be too difficult for me, but this class has showed me that with the right instructors and graders, it's actually quite simple! My creative writing skills have improved tremendously over the last two weeks, and I am looking forward to attending a higher level writing class here in the future.
Analytical Writing Bootcamp Student
Kevin you are awesome!!! You could do anything you want with how talented you are, and you choose to help others through education. Seriously, thank you! You are an inspiration!
@anoor1775 | January 2024
YouTube subscriber
The feedback I received on my Common App Essay was exceptional. There were multiple readers from different backgrounds, showing how the essay would read to different audiences. All of the readers gave great feedback (related to not just the idea but also specific phrasings - which helped a ton!) The critique at the end was detailed, well written, and elaborate.
Abdullah I. | Kenyon College '28
Async Essay Editing
ElevatEd truly impacted not only my writing but my life as a whole. In the beginning, Kevin tutored me through school analytical writing. His creative writing lessons also helped me win several scholastic writing awards, but he also encouraged me to apply for summer opportunities at Cambridge and Germany. Learning to write at ElevatEd helped me earn $20,000 in scholarships for both programs!! Additionally, I truly, truly enjoy having class. I also really loved competing in Seasons of Ink, a writing competition organized by ElevatEd! ElevatEd is the best!
Tina L. | Grade 11
3x Scholastic Winner
Love your videos! Have been watching for a while and you provide so much insight and inspiration for me as a low-income, first-gen senior who's applying to college this year! Thank you!!
@allison_mara_| August 2023
YouTube subscriber
When I first signed up for this boot camp, I had zero idea how to even approach this daunting, potentially life-changing task of writing my college personal statement. However, with just 6 sessions of a GROUP class, I've learned so much and am super stoked to have a clear sense of direction for my essay. Jeff is so, so friendly and teaches in a really concise way that's easy to understand. It's also very evident through the detailed constructive feedback he leaves for all the students that he genuinely wants his students to succeed and shine through their essays! Overall, I'm super satisfied with this boot camp and would recommend that all students work with the ElevatED School team in their college application process!
College Consulting Bootcamp Student
How does it feel knowing that you guys are the reason that a lot of people here get accepted into college?
@gab.o_ | August 2023
YouTube subscriber
A big thank you to the ElevatED team for assisting me in navigating this stressful college process! The live Zoom consulting sessions with Jeff were incredibly helpful in helping me formulate my thoughts through the brainstorming exercises. And I could never have reached the same level of sophistication in my writing without the help of the asynchronous edits. I couldn't have done all of this without you!
Kate W. | Brown '28
Async Essay Editing
I actually started losing hope about my college application. As first generation newcomer with no one to go for consultation I was very hopeless about my college essay but your channel has been helping me A LOT thank you!!!!! I love how elevated is helping students like me ! :)
@rain_2395 | November 2023
YouTube subscriber
I have been with ElevatEd for 2 years, and it has been so much fun! It gave me encouragement, skills, and happiness as I went writing with my friends in class. I also appreciate the writing competitions that ElevatEd now hosts, so I don't have to look at just assignments, and I can actually try to write. ElevatEd has been a great resource for me, and I've learned so many skills of analytical and creative writing! For example, false vs. fact ratio, repetition, and use of figurative language, just to name a few. I hope to stay an ElevatEd student for as long as possible!
Austin L. | Grade 8
2x Scholastic Winner
Your videos helped me get accepted into Yale and I’ll forever be grateful for that! Thank you 😊
@h_roon2372 | Aug 2023
YouTube subscriber
This camp was great! The teacher offered lots of helpful feedback and taught us new aspects of writing. I learned a lot about the topic, as well as using that new knowledge to improve my writing. This camp definitely made me a better writer.
Analytical Writing Bootcamp Student
Kevin, you are an absolute angel and I can not thank you enough. You are the reason I am going to Brown in two weeks!!
Badr A. | Youtube Subscriber
I love Kevin! Thanks to him and the elevated team I got in UPenn ed this year!
@kaparovdaulet960 | Nov 2023
YouTube subscriber
Words are magic, and the ElevatEd team are Wizards.
Kenny F. | Columbia '28
Live Zoom Consulting & Async Essay Editing
The best decision of my life was reaching out and emailing Kevin, asking for help. I literally didn't think he would reply. "A kid from Afghanistan wants to go to Stanford? How can I trust he can qualify for our time, support, and resources at ElevatEd?!!" Before sending the email, I thought he would ask himself these questions. Prior to that, I reached out to many many many people who could help. Some rejected me, some encouraged me but didn't take me seriously, but only Kevin referred/introduced me to his co-founder and gave me a chance! The rest is history--I have it recorded on my journal ;) To Kevin and Jeff, thank you for taking a chance on me and giving me the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be mentored by Mr. Alec Zbornak The Legend! Mr. Alec, I am forever grateful to God for having the opportunity to go through this journey under your guidance. Thank you for supporting me at ElevatEd through tens of hours of live zoom sessions, asynchronous essay editing, and the unwavering heartwarming support you continued to give me even after when the scholarship time was finished and the portal was closed and it was the Christmas and New Year holidays. Thank you for encouraging me to apply to all my dream schools. This, quite frankly, wouldn't have been possible to pull off without you. Finally, thank you to all the ElevatEd team. You not only supported me through this odyssey to achieve my dream of getting admitted to Stanford, but also helped me become a better version of myself by being true role models for kindness, generosity, and leadership! I try my best to follow in your footsteps not just in college, but also in my personal life, and be helpful to anyone whom I can help. Long live and may God bless you ElevatEd.
Morteza E. | Stanford '28
Live Zoom Consulting, Async Essay Editing, & Mock Interview
OMG THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY HELPFUL VIDEO (AND THE RUBRICS YOU PROVIDE TOO)!!! I'm an international low-income student so I can't afford private consultant. Therefore, your videos always help me a lot!
@vulengocmy9984 | Sep 2023
YouTube subscriber
The ElevatEd team had been my cheer squad, helping me tackle university applications with excitement! Their detailed asynchronous essay editing and ingenious solutions to my roadblocks in Zoom meetings made the whole process a blast. Jeff and the entire ElevatEd team, thank you for turning my dream of getting into Yale into a reality!
Maydeline D. | Yale '28
Async Essay Editing
Thank you for sharing your insights and personal experiences throughout your journey. The courage to select a school that made my daughter happy versus what she thought would make all of US happy has paid off. YOU were a tremendous support during her senior year and we are forever grateful 🙏
@2XRC | March 2023
YouTube subscriber
From the very beginning, Jeff helped me discover the best way to frame my essay and worked with me tirelessly to get it there. This experience with ElevatEd instilled more confidence within me about the college experience I want and how to get there, and I really appreciate all the support they provided!
Ankita M. | Barnard '28
Async Essay Editing
ElevatED’s essay editing services are top-notch! I benefited so much with phrasing and structuring it's not even funny.
Thomas O. | Upenn '28
Async Essay Editing
I'm extremely grateful to have been able to use the ElevatEd resource: Write Your Way Into College! [Scholarship] for free. It was really helpful in crafting effective essays! And I got it for free!
Oluwafemi O.
Async Essay Editing
The best out there. Every service is the best service you’ll get out there. No contest.
Jason L. | UC Berkeley '28
Async Essay Editing
I honestly don't think I would be going to NYU without the help of the ElevatEd team.
Jesse L. | NYU '28
Async Essay Editing
ElevatEd has helped me so much to improve my writing! Thanks to ElevatEd, I won numerous prizes in my first ever writing competition. My writing skills have increased tremendously ever since I started my lessons. Thank you ElevatEd!
Kevin S. | Grade 7
2x Season of Ink Winner
Thanks ElevatEd team for your very rapid (and high-quality) support with my personal statement!!! You helped me craft a so much more sincere and vivid essay - really brought it up to the next level! (Also, I really appreciated the emails you guys sent when REA and EDs came out - I was deferred from ED myself too, so it really did act as a comfort.)
Isabel C. | Duke '28
Async Essay Editing
ElevatEd is absolutely incredible for young and aspiring writers! I’ve learned so many techniques and so much about the writing process. Thanks to their team’s extremely detailed feedback, I’ve personally excelled in regional contests and even at the national level. They never miss a word!
Grace D. | Grade 10
3x Scholastic Key Winner
If someone asks how I got into Columbia and nyu all I can say is that Kevin the YouTube guy saved me.
@Sailor-boat | May 2024
YouTube subscriber
This class was very informative and greatly helped me improve my writing. Previously, I wasn't aware of many things in my writing that needed improvement. The teacher and homework grader taught me many new things and gave me very helpful feedback.
Analytical Writing Bootcamp Student
Such a good quality video!! I remember watching u a few times during my stressed senior year, and now I’m attending Columbia in the fall !! 😆
@kellyyy2995 | July 2023
YouTube subscriber
Elevated helped me turn my good essay into an amazing one! They smoothed out wrinkles in wording and more, and gave me fresh ideas to write about. I’m sure I couldn’t have done it without them!
Baltazar B. | UChicago '28
Async Essay Editing
My first time and my first comment on youtube ever😅. I have used this app for 3 and half years but have never made a comment on any content until this one. I really find this educative and very insightful too and that's why I couldn't help but show my love❤ by commenting. Thanks a lot man🙌🙌
@user-by9kw2db5b | June 2024
YouTube subscriber
I appreciate all the effort that it takes to create these resources. They really helped me in staying organized and feeling on top of my college applications! Thank you Kevin, Jeff and the rest of the team for looking at my essay and giving me honest feedback. I’m grateful for my mom signing me up for writing classes with Kevin when I was a freshman :)
Naomi Z. | Northeastern '28
Live Zoom Consulting, & Async Essay Editing
You don't understand how helpful you are!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your work is soooo appreciated
@serafin_works | Aug 2023
YouTube subscriber
The asynchronous essay editing was super helpful! There were so many good suggestions that really brought my essays together.
Olympia S. | Barnard '28
Async Essay Editing
Thank you SO much Kevin! I have always wanted to go to MIT (at least for grad school, if not as an undergrad), and this video gave me some new and inspirational ideas for achieving this dream. Best of wishes!
@notthebishops | June 2024
YouTube subscriber
I just wanted to thank Kevin and the entire team in general as the YouTube videos really allowed me get an idea of how to really write a proper college essay and helped me build the right mindset when it came to essays. Beyond the YouTube videos, the rating system was extremely eye opening, I loved how nothing was sugarcoated and the feedback was incredible specific as to what I needed to fix and how I should go about it. All in all, the entire ElevatEd team is extremely qualified and I would highly recommend them to any juniors applying to college.
Asim A. | UC Berkeley '28
Live Zoom Consulting & Async Essay Editing
The ElevatED team has made stressful college applications actually enjoyable. The penetrating insight made me feel confident with my applications and I could not be more grateful.
Ava J. | Cornell '28
Async Essay Editing
Been one of Kevin’s students since his first few entrepreneurship webinars back in 2020, and as I graduate this year, I couldn’t be more grateful to the ElevatEd School. This channel and its tips have grown a lot but are still criminally underrated imo considering the quality.
Andrew J. | YouTube Subscriber
All I can say is I wouldn't have done well in my essays if it weren't for getting a scholarship for the "Write Your Way Into College!" course and asynchronous reviews of my essays :)! I've learned the basics, the intermediates, and the advanced portions of essay-making from you guys :D
Austin W. | Columbia '28
Async Essay Editing
Thank you so much for all that you do, you truly are helpful and I wish the whole team all the success! People like you make me happy.
Paula M. | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid '28
Async Essay Editing
This camp was a great experience. You will get an amazing response for your HW. And the actual learning experience... GREAT GREAT GREAT!!!! You will learn tons of things in this bootcamp, and you will always feel welcomed. This was such a great experience, and I am very glad I was included.
Analytical Writing Bootcamp Student
ElevatED provided honest and creative feedback. Throughout the college application season, I religiously watched ElevatED videos, which inspired and motivated me to write compelling essays and format my college application in an organized manner that revealed all of my hard work and the long nights.
Amanda S. | UPenn '28
Async Essay Editing
I am so grateful for all advice, responsiveness, and all the knowledge ElevatEd team shared. A huge thanks to you, Anne, Ryan, and Kevin for guidance towards a better approach with my essays. YouTube videos were extremely valuable and provided so much insight into the way of thinking when writing essays. It's so valuable that you make this knowledge accessible!
Nazar D. | Tufts '28
Async Essay Editing
I LOVED the essay editing. The tips that y'all gave helped me out a lot. The ending that you crafted was alone so impactful for the essay. And the structure was made at least 5-6 times better after the review and rewriting that I did. Thanks a lot! My choice of colleges held me back from getting accepted, I had not realized how competitive CS Major was for Int'l students but I know my essay was strong enough to get me into those, it were my EC's and grades that held me back.
Manank J. | San Jose State '28
Async Essay Editing
Kevin, your videos helped me get into Yale and 5 other Ivy Leagues last year. I went to a public high school with no support from the guidance counselor. I learned by watching your videos and a few others.
@wolfmangoland7972 | March 2024
YouTube subscriber
I would like to thank Kevin, Jeff, and the whole ElevatEd team so much for all your support. Your input and feedback was incredibly detailed and insightful and really helped to make my essays a lot more compelling!
Matthew T. | Yale '28
Async Essay Editing
Hey there Kev, keep up the amazing content. As a fellow FGLI student that just committed to Yale, your videos kept me motivated throughout this entire process! ❤
@andymejia6420 | May 2024
YouTube subscriber
I had an awesome time in this bootcamp! I learned about the fundamentals of writing such as the do's and don'ts and the structures. Not only that, but the class was engaging since we did tons of interactive activities like the halfway quiz and the analyzation of short stories we read. I liked how we were able to improve our writing through looking at other's works and incorporating those tools into our own. The feedback I received definitely helped me improve as a writer! Thank you so much!
Analytical Writing Bootcamp Student
Thank you very much for your tutorials and reviews! I’ve heard how you said sometime that you felt like posting videos to void. I just wanted to say that I personally have learned pretty much everything regarding essays with the help of your channel. Moreover, if I have a thought of learning some tips for my essay, your videos will be the first thing that comes to mind. So I don’t want you to stop striving, because otherwise It would be harder for me to adjust my essay. Thank you!!!
@sh1nsh1lla15 | October 2023
YouTube subscriber
HUGE thank you to Alec, Kevin, and Jeff! They are so incredibly helpful and kind. Could not have gotten into Harvard and Stanford without their mentorship.
Ashley D. | Harvard '28
Live Zoom Consulting & Async Essay Editing
ElevatED was a wonderful resource in so many ways! My essays were edited with utmost care, and there were tons of great revisions to help me improve my writing. The live Zoom sessions made me feel much more at ease with the college application process. Jeff was incredible at guiding me with deadlines, choosing colleges, and helping me understand how to tackle the application process. The best thing about ElevatED is how personal it is. Most college guidance services charge exorbitant prices (sometimes over $100-200K!), but ElevatED has always offered discounts and fair prices for their hard work, which is incredible for both low and middle-class families. This team really cares about its students, and I would do it all over again!
Seeun K. | Stanford '28
Live Zoom Consulting & Async Essay Editing
I was admitted as a transfer to UChicago, my first choice, and I will be attending! I wanted to give you my most sincere thank you for the essay help, as I would not be in this position today without you all. You can add my name to the list of wins! Every Zoom session and every edit led to this success! You helped me craft my narrative, not only getting me admitted to my #1 choice college but also giving me a space to reflect and know myself better.
Lance E. | UChicago '27
Async Essay Editing
Hi Kevin! You helped me with my essays this application season and I'm so grateful for that so I'm just leaving a comment here to say that your channel is soo underrated and that more people need to see this:)
@sjsjdhdhdjjdjsj | March 2024
YouTube subscriber
Thanks so much for your help. Your feedback on my essays were really helpful to channel my voice and tell my story!
Keira W. | UChicago '28
Async Essay Editing
Hi Kevin!! I'm an international student and I've been struggling to put together my Common App essay, but your videos are SO helpful!. This particular video really helped me understand the problem I had with the eureka problem and the problem-solution ratio. Your advice on how to end the essay was really helpful as well and I will definitely implement it in my essay.
@orlehmann-6177 | Dec 2023
YouTube subscriber
I really want to thank the ElevatEd team for their amazing feedback, I felt like my ideas were finally coming together into a logical story that got me into my dream school.
Nawaf A. | Columbia '28
Async Essay Editing
Ma mannn Kevin, just wanna thank you for the videos and shorts, they were really really useful in my application process. Now just wait for the results!!! 💪 you literally saved me with every essay. Your work is of and amazing quality, keep it up and greetings
@jokes_onit | October 2023
YouTube subscriber