
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS & WRITING COACH
Helping you during confusing times.
Take the stress out of studies & admissions.
Need a writing coach during this Corona pause? Re-thinking college plans? Considering a gap year?
You’ve found the best coach during the Coronavirus emergency, whether you’re a “C” student or an honors student.
David L. Marcus: Practical in tough times. Savvy. Reassuring.
Overwhelmed when education is in turmoil?
I’ll help you think about college and graduate school plans in an uncertain time. Skip the tests? Take a gap year? Let’s discuss.
Maybe you just want the top writing coach for students stuck at home? As a journalist, I shared a Pulitzer Prize.
I work with students from 8th grade through grad school. I’m with you till long after the Coronavirus emergency ends.
I wrote the book. Literally.
I’ve been on all sides of this game: Interviewer. Journalist observing admissions offices. Anxious parent.
Brief bio: Brown University honors graduate; fellow at Harvard… Guest on the Today Show… Author of Acceptance, a true story of seven kids applying to college. (Also, I lived in Mexico, Colombia and Brazil.)
I give speeches and workshops across the country about “Seven Secrets of Admissions.”

“Our son made a gap-year plan for the COVID emergency, with David’s great help.”
—“Relieved Mom” in Connecticut
In the COVID crisis, I help your student. Let’s chat.
Home schooling help? Gap-year plan? Plan “B” for college? I’m working with just a few clients during this emergency.
Email me today: bookmarcus ((at)) gmail.com
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