EmpowerlyReviews of empowerly.com

We are very happy with the results we got from Empowerly. We were late to enroll and very close to college application deadlines. We were quickly connected with Ruth who was an outstanding coach. She was able to provide guidance and mentorship to my son, intricately discussing every critical detail and proving guidance at every step of the process. My son was able to get into his top choice of college and we are very thankful to Ruth and Empowerly for coming to our rescue and helping shape my son’s future.

I highly recommend Empowerly for anyone seeking college admissions support!

The two stars here are for the second counselor I was assigned, who was generally pleasant to work with and gave some decent feedback on my essays. However, I enrolled in the premium package with the understanding that I would be getting strategic advice on college lists, how to approach them and how to maximize my chances of getting into a top ranked school and none of this occurred with Empowerly. I was first assigned to a counselor who was a college student- he was also very pleasant but not strategic in advising. At some point he forgot that we had a meeting, and we had to request a new counselor. My new counselor, supposedly more experienced was very pleasant but again mostly gave specific feedback on essays and answers to my questions not on how to improve my chances. The advice was often generic and vague. He often appeared to read the essays during the meeting, not ahead of time. He rarely responded to my email requests All of the advice I got here I already received with my school counselor. The Adcom review of the admission package was contrary to the advice given by my counselor, adding to my confusion. Contrary to what was advertised, working with Empowerly did not increase the likelihood of my getting into higher ranked schools- I got in where I would have without this. To top it all, there was no personal approach from my counselor. To date, I have yet to hear from him to follow up with my college admission results. The Empowerly services were grossly misrepresented during the presentation to sell it.

Empowerly has been a huge help in my college admissions process. From helping me find meaningful and relevant internships to curating a college list that perfectly fits my statistics, from helping me pick classes and extracurriculars that make a positive impact on my transcript to helping me get into competitive summer programs, Empowerly has really elevated me to a level of academic and extracurricular rigor that I feel confident about and would not have reached without their help. The only negative comment I would have would be about their essay services. The editing process often turned by essays from authentic to scripted and unnatural, and I had to go back and edit them on my own after because I didn't like how they sounded, and was sure that the summer programs I was applying to would think the same.

Better experience than I could ever imagine. Danielle was extremely helpful and kind throughout the whole process and made me look forward to our meetings and I would recommend Empowerly to anyone. Overall great experience.

It seemed like a good choice at the time and was helpful keeping me on track with submitting applications. My counselor was nice as well, though there was some lack of communication and she was often late to meetings. That being said, it was definitely not worth the money and they pushed for schools I was not interested in. I also did not get into any schools that I had not anticipated getting into and the essay editing services were not particularly knowledgeable on the different kinds of essays that applications require. AdCom was also not particularly helpful, as it was pretty generic advice. Overall, I get what they were trying to do, I just wasn't impressed.

My daughter got into Berkley!!! Enough said!

Great experience. My daughter got into Berkeley!