Say What?

Say What? offers college coaching and assistance to students applying to college. Say What? specializes in thought provocation, narrative elaboration, creative decluttering, and stress reduction for students with a writing challenge. Whether it’s a college application essay, an academic paper, a resume or cover letter for an internship,  a summer program application, or practicing for an ACT or SAT written essay, together we’ll do the incredible, and do it on deadline. College Prep Coaching services include:

• Creating your college list after researching and evaluating schools/programs and your chances of being accepted
• Preparing for college visits and interviews
• Assisting you to create your resume
• Brainstorming and editing your application essays
• Developing a plan for what you can do in high school that will improve your chances for getting into the college of your dreams
• Helping you identify and apply to summer programs and internships

Sue Zemel’s ability to connect with others to divine and shape shift their words turns the challenge of completing writing projects into a labor of love and cause for celebration. With her valuable counsel, students have applied and gotten accepted to great colleges and universities throughout the world.

Sue coaches students and people of all kinds who need help with their writing. She has been helping young people navigate the process of applying to college for the past 6 years. She has not made millions of dollars doing so and does not bribe admissions staff and athletic coaches, but the results have been spectacular!

Sue received her B.A. in English and Comedy from Beloit College. She is a produced playwright, screenplay writer, and a published Bay Area journalist and blogger.

She wrote and edited at Apple Computer for over a decade, and in the course of her writing practice, has created everything from newspaper articles and reviews, to business proposals, arts grants, comedy routines, speeches, plays and performance pieces, and web site and social media content. 

There is nothing she likes better than giving and receiving a good story, which she has been doing since age four.  She is passionate about helping others raise their voices to be seen and heard. She is interested in helping people use their words to move forward on their path.