This just in from my friend Leora Tanenbaum:

Leora Tanenbaum is now working with high school students writing their college applications essays. Leora is most well-known as the author of Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation, which is taught at universities around the country in courses on women’s studies and sexuality. She is also a popular lecturer on campuses (Stanford, Duke, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Columbia, Spelman), a frequent guest on television (Oprah, The Today Show, The O’Reilly Factor, Inside Edition), and is the author of two additional books (Catfight: Rivalries Among Women–From Diets to Dating, From the Boardroom to the Delivery Room, and Taking Back God: American Women Rising Up for Religious Equality, forthcoming in January 2009). Leora has also written for many magazines, newspapers, and blogs including Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Newsday, and The Huffington Post. Leora is a graduate of Brown University, class of 1991.

Leora does not write or re-write your essay. She guides you to create the best possible essay in your own voice. If you live in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, or the Bronx, Leora will meet with you in person. If you live elsewhere, she will work with you over the phone or via email. If you haven’t created a rough draft, ideally you have an outline written. At the very minimum, you should know what you plan to write about. Leora’s summer rate is $75/hour. In September, her rate will double.

Interested? Email her at leoratan@yahoo.com.