Learn With Me

I contacted Jamie at Learn With Me for some writing sessions with my 5^th grader, who (according to him) «hates to write». He has ability but hasn’t really enjoyed writing as part of his school work, and I wanted someone who might help him to find the pleasure in it. Jamie has been great — I dragged him to his first appointment, and when he emerged, he smiled and said «That was really fun!» Jamie has lots of exercises and techniques to engage kids and help them to find their voice. She is so encouraging and open that he really took to her, and he feels much more confident now. After working with her for just a few weeks, he has become such an enthusiastic writer that he is independently writing a short book. We will continue to work with Jamie — she is wonderful. Highly recommended.

I’m a senior at Berkeley High School this year and went to see Jamie about a month ago for help with my common app essay. She is an amazing essay coach and helped write a piece that truly expressed my voice. I had three totally worthwhile sessions. In the first meeting we came up with an idea and outlined my essay. The next week I came back with a verrrryy rough draft and she helped me better organize my ideas. The last time I met with Jamie we went through the writing and corrected my sentence structure and grammatical errors. Jamie was consistently friendly and made me feel very comfortable while sharing my writing. She worked around my schedule and made time for me when I said I needed to stay a little longer than we planned. Even though I did receive some help on this essay, I still feel like it was my own process. Thank you Jamie!

My daughter needed assistance with her college essay’s and due to some minor procrastination on her part was faced with a short window for getting several college applications submitted to meet early action deadlines. She made great progress on her own but hit a wall when having to write extensively about herself. I searched the Berkeley parent web site for a college essay specialist and came across Jamie Keller who has her own college application essay consulting company named Learn with Me. In a word, Jamie was outstanding! She was able to focus my daughter and extract her individual voice in bringing out her unique qualities and gifts. She has a very engaging style that combines leading questions and interview techniques to bring out the best possible story from her student. She gave my daughter a great deal of confidence during her three sessions and allowed her to create her own work yet was always there for editing and guidance as needed. Ultimately my daughter was able to get all her college applications in on time and was fortunate to be admitted to the schools she applied to. We are convinced that Jamie’s assistance was a big part of my daughters success with admissions and without reservation recommend her to anyone looking for assistance in this important area of the college application process