| Frequently Asked Questions |
| |
| Qualifications |
|
|
| Essay Evaluations |
|
|
| Payment and Security |
|
|
| Privacy and Ethics |
|
|
| |
| Answers |
| |
| Qualifications |
| Why should I use EssayAdvice.com's services? |
| EssayAdvice.com offers a unique level of service that is highly personalized and intensive.
Clients of EssayAdvice.com work directly with the President and co-founder of the company, Deone Terrio, Ph.D. (Cornell University).
Dr. Terrio personally evaluates all essays with
an eye toward helping the client improve content as well as writing. Clients receive evaluations that are lengthy,
detailed, deeply analytical, and which include multiple samples and suggestions for rewriting. No other service
offers such
high quality feedback with the opportunity
to work closely with an Ivy League-educated Ph.D. with decades of university teaching experience. Despite this,
our prices remain reasonable, making our service affordable as well.
|
What are your credentials?
|
The President and editor-in-chief of EssayAdvice.com, Deone Terrio, earned doctoral and master's degrees from Cornell University,
graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude, and won over twenty fellowships, scholarships, and other academic
awards. She also has over two decades' experience in university teaching and mentoring college admissions and awards applicants.
Clients of EssayAdvice.com work directly with Dr. Terrio.
See About Us for more information.
|
Can you show that you do good work?
|
Yes. Please see a Sample Essay Evaluation and Comments about our work.
|
| Back to Top |
| |
| Essay Evaluations |
| What type of editing services do you provide?
|
We evaluate your essay and make detailed comments
to help you improve your writing. We correct mechanical errors, explain your essay's
strengths and weaknesses, and suggest ways to improve the essay. We address the essay's structure, organization, logic,
style, and mechanics as well as specifics about paragraphs, sentences, words,
transitions, etc. We will not rewrite your essay
nor change your topic. Rather, we take your essay as it is and help you to improve it.
Of course, you can take or ignore our suggestions at your discretion.
We do advise, however, that you make the mechanical corrections at a minimum.
To get a clearer picture of what we can do for you, see our
Sample Essay Evaluation. Our services include:
- Full Edit: Our basic editing service. We evaluate your essay
and make detailed comments.
- Second Review: A supplementary editing service for previous customers.
If you already submitted an essay to us and want to resubmit
the same essay after you revise it, we will evaluate the revised essay and provide more advice.
|
| Will you help me to write the first draft? |
| Yes. Clients must write their own first drafts, but we are available to consult with clients
about topic selection and general strategy prior to the initial draft being written.
See Consultations for more information about our consultation service.
Also see our free Tips & Info. about
how to choose topics and write first drafts.
|
How do I submit my essay? |
| Click on Submit Essay. |
How will I know you got my essay? |
| We will send you email to confirm receipt of your essay. |
How will I know when you started work on my essay? |
| We will send you email notification that work has begun once payment has been secured. (The amount of time it takes to secure payment depends on the method of payment;
see the Q/A below.)
If there are any problems securing your payment, or in the event that our schedule will
not permit completing the
job you requested within three to five business days after payment is secured, we will send you
email explaining the anticipated delay and suggesting an alternate completion date.
In the event that we are unable to complete the work soon enough for you, we will return any
funds pre-submitted right away. See the next Q/A
for more information. |
How long will it take to for you to evaluate my essay? |
Our normal turn-around time is three-five business days from the business
day after payment has been
secured. Please keep in mind that the length of time it takes for payment to be
secured varies with the payment method used.
If you pay by credit card, payment is secured immediately. If you
pay by money order, payment is secured at the point when we receive it.
|
| Back to Top |
| |
| Payment and Security |
| How much do your services cost?
|
| Costs vary according to the type of edit service requested as well as
essay length. See Prices for more information.
|
How do I pay EssayAdvice.com?
|
You have the following payment options:
- For fastest service, pay by Visa or MasterCard credit card.
There are two options for
submitting payment to us by credit card over the Internet: 1) you may use PayPal, an Internet financial transaction company owned by eBay,
to complete the transaction, or 2) you may use your MasterCard or Visa to make payment through VeriSign, an Internet trust and payment processor. Paying by credit card by either method
allows us to receive and settle payment in a prompt manner.
- Another payment option: we can accept MasterCard or Visa payment over the phone.
- For fastest mail order service, pay by money order in U.S. dollars.
Payment is secured once we receive the money order.
In the USA, money orders are available
at convenience stores and through the United States Postal
Service.
- Pay by check. Payment is secured
after your check clears our bank account. You can use PayPal
to make an electronic transfer from your checking account directly to our bank account.
The electronic check clearance process is usually
four business days. If you send a personal check, it may
take up to three weeks for your check to clear our bank account. Please choose this last option only when you have
no other means of payment and plenty of time to spare before application
deadline.
|
| What do you do to protect my security when I use a credit card to purchase your
services?
|
| EssayAdvice.com uses the best commercially-available technology and procedures to protect the security of your credit card transactions. All online transactions
are processed through PayPal or VeriSign. Your credit card number is not stored
on our server but may be stored by PayPal or Verisign. Phone transactions are processed through VeriSign. Both companies
offer highly reputable e-business merchant support services.
|
Can I use a credit card to purchase your services if I reside outside the United States? |
Yes! You may phone us in the USA with your credit card information. Also, you may send us payment
through PayPal, which is currently
available in thirty-seven countries outside the USA. These countries are: Anguilla, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil,
Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, India,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.
|
| Back to Top |
| |
| Privacy and Ethics |
|
How do I know my privacy will be protected?
|
EssayAdvice.com
protects user privacy by keeping
personal information
disclosed to us secure. We treat all transmitted email as
private correspondence between the sender and EssayAdvice.com.
All sample work and comments exhibited on this site
are shown with clients' permission
to use their writing for advertising purposes only.
|
Is it unethical or unfair to use EssayAdvice.com's
services?
|
No. Our philosophy is that college admissions and awards applicants
should succeed on the merits of their own work. We do not, therefore, write or rewrite essays,
nor do we sell sample essays or topic ideas. Our
clients write the first draft, then we help them to improve their essay by correcting
errors, explaining its strengths and weaknesses,
and suggesting ways to revise.
Our role is that of a mentor performing the same functions as a professor, teacher, guidance counselor,
academic advisor, or any other person who advises and educates. Our background is academic, and we adhere
to strict values of academic excellence and integrity.
|
| Back to Top |
| |
