Grad School Admissions Essay Help: Hire an Editor?

[marauder17]

Hello everyone,

Just some quick background. Long story short, I went to college for undergrad full time up until my first semester senior year. Due to personal reasons, I left to take a 2 year break. I went back in Fall 2017 to finish up my requirements and graduated in December.  

I am planing to apply to graduate school in the next 1-2 years. The school that I am definitely interested in requires a writing sample that is 15-20 pages long from undergraduate work. I have a sample that meets the length requirement. However, it was written about 3 years ago and my writing has evolved since then. I don't have any other recent samples (the final classes that I took were in French and Math). So, I would like to edit the paper that I do have. 

I was considering reaching out to students in the English department at my local hometown college for assistance in editing my writing sample to make it application ready. Since it is a lengthy paper, I figured that I would likely need to pay said editor for their help. I am not a current student, So I am not eligible to use my alma mater's writing center. Has anybody ever gone this route before? Does anyone have other suggestions for help with getting my paper edited? Does anyone know what a fair price might be for someone to edit a 20 page (about 6,000 words) paper for graduate school admissions?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!   

Thank you!

[Elephas]

I know of a service ran by a woman who is currently a PhD student and she does work like this http://www.mertinawriting.com/. She should have some price examples on her website for reference what she charges.

[BryE]

Hey!

I don't mean to self-promote too hard, but I happen to be an academic editor and PhD applicant. I work on application materials all the time and am currently available for new work. If you'd like to get in touch, please do so here or through my freelancing profile, which has more details about my background: https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~01e96a5a9e986ce846/

I can also provide samples of my work through PM. If you're not interested in that but would still like some general advice about academic editing and what you should expect from a contractor, please let me know!