Gratefully Read
Your Writing and Application Doctors

Writing—about yourself, your stories, the subject matters you love, how you plan to make an impact in the world —can be a long strange trip, as poet and Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter famously scribed.

 

Applying—to your dream school, dream job, or dream promotion—can make that trip longer and stranger. 

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At Gratefully Read, we can be you guiding hands and eagle eyes as you navigate the roads and stop-and-go traffic of those trips.

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We strive to deliver more than routine document editing. We think of ourselves as writing and admissions doctors, who pride ourselves on client-centered care: we listen closely, read carefully, think collaboratively, diagnose deeply, but always prescribe gingerly. We promise to be your strategic problem-solvers who are as fully invested in the health of your writing products and application dossiers as you are. And we can administer a calming, healing touch on the pain-points that will inevitably emerge during any high-stakes admission, proposal, or presentation process—from college and graduate-school admissions to job applications and promotions, from journal and grant writing to your professional presentations and public talks.

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Moreover, as a professor and PhD in English and a current MD student, the "doctor" moniker just feels kinda right.

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With customized one-on-one support—from real, flesh-and-blood humans whom you will speak with at length!—we offer expert assistance in crafting exceptional prose for your essays, narratives, articles, resumes, and letters; ensuring your slidedecks are outfitted with appropriate audience-driven language and effective visual rhetoric; and equipping you with informed insights, novel ideas, and personalized advisory for better understanding which institutions and pathways will be ideal fits for your educational or professional journey.

 

Whether you are struggling with how to tell your personal or professional story as clearly, creatively, and powerfully as you can; wondering which schools are truly right for you and or how to formulate an optimal reach/target/safety list that affords you the best chance of admission in today's competitive higher-ed landscape; or simply wanting a third-party soundingboard to discuss your ideas, plans, emotions, and uncertainties about the next chapter of your educational or professional journey—the writing and app docs at Gratefully Read are here to help.​

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Take the next step toward reaching your goals by reaching out to one of our docs via email, filling out our client intake form, and scheduling a free 20-minute discovery call/initial consultation. 
 

We would be honored to embark on this exciting journey—er, trip—together.

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*My college-application essay, many moons ago, was essentially a meditation on the peculiar musical and cultural artistry of the Grateful Dead. Believe it or not, it helped get me into some pretty great schools. (Okay, all I can say for sure is it did not prevent me from getting admitted to those schools! But sometimes that's good enough.)