Who We Are

Thank you for your interest. We have over 40 years of combined experience in teaching writing, higher education, and college admissions and placement testing. We love coaching people to strengthen their writing so that they can pursue their educational goals.

Hee Jin Kim, EdM

is the founder and lead coach of College Essay Review. She is an experienced professor and educator with advanced degrees from California State and Columbia University in education and linguistics. Currently she teaches graduate education students for the City University of New York. She is also fluent in English and Korean.

Dr. Edward Getman

holds a doctoral degree in applied linguistics from Columbia University, and he specializes in designing and developing language assessments for a major academic testing company. Previously he was a professor of writing at colleges in the New York City metropolitan area. His interests also include yoga and natural language processing.