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Melissa S.

Melissa S. - a member of the Team Essay Editors at EssayEdge
MA in English Literature
Columbia University
30 years of experience

"I find great joy and satisfaction in crafting precise language, and in helping people tell their stories with honesty and style"

Melissa has a BA in English with Honors from Swarthmore College, Phi Beta Kappa, and an MA in English Literature from Columbia University, where she received the MA Essay Prize and the Bennett Prize in Comparative Literature. Melissa has been working for Essay Edge for over 10 years, covering all genres of application and scholarship essays, following a career in arts administration. She also edits audio transcriptions, helps to prepare submissions to academic journals, and writes and edits feedback for Philadelphia Young Playwrights. She finds great joy and satisfaction in crafting precise and evocative language, and in helping people tell their stories with honesty and style. Melissa lives on the East Coast with her husband, two teenagers, two albino rats, and a bearded dragon, and enjoys acting in community theater and participating in Scottish and English Country Dancing.
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The editor’s comments were more than satisfactory. I got clear suggestions on which parts should be improved and how I can do this based on the prompt from each school.

Jacinta M.

Rice University March 2023

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Melissa’s suggestion was very helpful to make my essay to address what the school is looking for. and she also considers the number of words to comply with the limit of words.

Yuta T.

Columbia University in the City of New York December 2022

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Constructive criticism and help with the grammar. Melissa’s help was amazing!

Wakana D.

Tufts University November 2022

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The editor helps me clarify the expression and improve the content and flow. Melissa also helped me to shorten my essay so that I could include as much information as I could.

Aki S.

Johns Hopkins University September 2022

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Thank you Melissa for constructive criticism and help with the grammar.

Robert S.

University of Southern California March 2022

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I really loved Melissa's s work and when working with me, it seemed like a close friend was helping me with my paper!

Danny H.

Columbia University February 2022

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I am very impressed at how quickly my essay editing was finished and how seemingly simple edits made the overall structure and flow of the essay so much better! There is nothing that I would change about EssayEdge! Thank you so much, Melissa!!!

Donald O.

Harvard University November 2021

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I would like to thank Melissa for editing my paper. My essay sounds much better and concise now, something I struggled to do.

Virginia K.

University of Southern California October 2021

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I was surprised by the amount of feedback I received. The amount of feedback was probably even longer than my essay (in a very good way). The feedbacks were very detailed and on to point. I would love to have Melissa review my essay again in the future.

Robert M.

University of California-Berkeley September 2021

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Meliisa solved my troubles of non-native speaker.

Robert B.

Johns Hopkins University September 2021

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Melissa's suggestion was very helpful to make my essay to address what the school is looking for. and she also consider for the number words to comply with the limit of word

Sylvia S.

Johns Hopkins University August 2021

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I liked the grammatical/clarity errors - they cleaned up my writing very well and made my essay sound a lot better.

Sarah M.

Cornell University August 2021

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Melissa not only thoroughly proofread my essay, she also took time to make thoughtful recommendations for me to add additional information that was on-topic and very relevant to the essay prompt.

John F.

Northwestern University June 2021

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The punctuality and the style is excellent.

Jon A.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology April 2021

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