Meet the Team
Our stringent hiring and extensive training processes ensure that your essays are reviewed by the most qualified and experienced team in the industry. We take campus leaders and academic superstars that happen to be talented writers and skilled mentors and provide comprehensive training using our industry-leading experience.
Raw Talent
We only hire from the 99th percentile of our job applicants.
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This ensures we start with the best writers and advisors at the programs you want to attend.
Comprehensive Training
We build on the individual strengths of our reviewers by providing comprehensive training to ensure each reviewer is not only an expert in grammar and syntax but also in college and graduate school admissions.
Industry-Leading Experience
The Narrative Applications team has worked with over 5,000 students and reviewed over 11,000 essays.
We work with more students and review more essays in one application cycle than most high school guidance counselors or independent educational consultants will over a 40-year career.
Founder
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Michael Kim graduated from Duke University in 2018 having majored in Biomedical Engineering and minored in Chemistry and Cultural Anthropology. While at Duke, he was employee #1 and head of operations at an educational technology startup that took on $30 million in VC funding.
After graduating, he worked as an engineer at a startup developing 3D-printed orthopedic devices before founding Narrative Applications.
Michael is currently a medical student at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California where he conducts research in medical education, minimally invasive surgery, and orthopedic surgery.
Selected Reviewer Profiles
Alexa completed her undergraduate degree in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale and is pursuing a Master's in Playwrighting at Brown.
Alexa
Brian is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Physics at Columbia.
Brian
Daphne completed an undergraduate degree in Comparative Human Development with minors in Comparative Race & Ethnic Studies. She has completed a Master's in Social Work and is an active social worker.
Daphne
Ethan is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford. He is interested in robotics and entrepreneurship.
Ethan
Lauren completed an undergraduate degree in Law, History, and Culture with minors in Marketing and Business Law. She is currently a student at Harvard Law School.
Lauren
Ranger is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Columbia. He currently coaches high school math and debate and serves on the executive board of the Columbia Science Review.
Ranger
Robert is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Computer Science with a minor in Music at Stanford.
Robert
Arielle completed her undergraduate degree in Economics & Linguistics at the University of Chicago and is currently a law student at the University of Chicago.
Arielle
Caroline completed her undergraduate degree in Comparitive Literature & Society at Columbia. She has extensive experience as an editor for academic papers and news media outlets and as an Arabic translator.
Caroline
Drashti completed her undergraduate degree in International Relations at Brown and is pursuing a Master's in Urban and Social Policy at Columbia. She speaks five languages.
Drashti
Grace is pursuing her undergraduate degree in Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology and History of Science, Medicine & Public Health at Yale. She is a nationally ranked synchronized swimmer.
Grace
Max is pursuing an undergraduate degree in History at the University of Chicago. He serves as editor of the Chicago Maroon and volunteers as a creative writing tutor for local high schoolers.
Max
Rashmi is pursuing her undergraduate degree in Public Policy Studies & Neuroscience at Vanderbilt. An accomplished dancer, she is training in three forms and plans to attend medical school.
Rashmi
Samantha is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Political Science at Stanford. She is an active political researcher and has extensive experience teaching others how to write and assess policy briefs.
Samantha
Arianna completed her undergraduate degree in Philosophy & Fine Arts at Tulane. A Fulbright alum and a returned Peace Corps volunteer, she is pursuing a doctorate in urban studies and anthropology at Tulane.
Arianna
Charlotte is pursuing an undergraduate degree in English with a concentration in creative writing at Yale where she is a member of student government.
Charlotte
Dylan is pursuing an undergraduate degree in History with a minor in Geography and certificates in Migration Studies and Public History. She is an active participant in Montana politics.
Dylan
Hannah is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Computer Science with a minor in Music at Stanford. She is a writing tutor at the Hume Center and has held competitive internships at leading banks and tech firms.
Hannah
Paul is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Human Geography at University College London. Splitting time between London and Montana, he has worked on numerous poilitical campaigns.
Paul
Raymond completed an undergraduate degree in Biology and Music at Dartmouth. Currently he plays viola in the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra and is serving with Americorps teaching digital literacy to refugees.
Raymond
Shayal completed her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience & Creative Writing at Duke and is pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Shayal
Sumi is pursuing her undergraduate degree in Writing Seminars & Environmental Studies at Johns Hopkins University, where she captains the varsity crew team and works in the admissions office.
Sumi
Alumni
Former reviewers have gone on to:
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law school at Duke, Harvard, Stanford, and the University of Chicago
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management consulting at Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey
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medical school at Duke, Harvard, and the University of Southern California​
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software engineering and program management at Google