Individualized Writing & Application Support

One on one, virtual and in-person sessions for students who crave an authentic voice that stands out anywhere

Graduate with Power

We live in a society where success is based on literacy—whether it be the college process, job applications and interviews or communicating with stake holders who have the power to help you. No matter how phenomenal your child’s school is, it is highly unlikely that their writing life is given the one-on-one attention it deserves. As the SAT’s, standardized testing, and even the numerical GPA, become more and more obsolete, students are in need of the word more than ever. Research shows that literacy revolutionizes thinking across disciplines and in 2024 the interdisciplinary-minded student has more opportunities to thrive. Knowing how to write and understanding the intersectionality of nature, self and design when it comes to the page, not only helps students succeed but helps students re-humanize.

Design the page, design the future

Melissa Hunter Gurney has spent twenty years leading, developing and researching the vast scope of educational intellect across states and countries. She is an innovative curriculum designer, coach, curator and leader. She is an ed-tech pioneer and has written, developed and consulted, around a diverse spectrum of educational landscape, both in-person and virtually. She is also a professional and published writer who has been working with students, for the last twenty years, to achieve their hopes for college and beyond. As the co-founder of the institute she refused to give up her direct work with young scholars by making time for what she believes to be the most seminal aspect of education at large—the writing and reading life.

  • Virtual Sessions

    Suggested 2 hours a week for high school students. 1 hour a week for middle school students. These sessions will be curated to your scholars needs. Needs may include:

    ~ Writing the various colleges essays and supplementals including the personal statement

    ~ Writing academic essays including—literary or rhetorical analysis, research papers, arguments, op-ed articles and more.

    ~Creative writing that invigorates imaginative and innovative thinking.

    Price: 100.00 an hour.

  • In-person

    In person sessions are possible for those living in the NYC area who can get to the Omni-Institute’s one-room-schoolhouse in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, pricing remains the same and we would be excited to have you!

  • Application Packages

    This option is for families looking for support when it comes to private school entry applications, the college application process or the multitude of alternative options for post secondary success.

    Packages for each option look different so please reach out to discuss your specific needs, gain clarity and detail and receive an individualized quote.

  • 30 min. Parent Consult

    Sign up for a 30 minute session to problem solve and decision make around your child’s education. Our co-founder has worked in schools across the private and public sector across the nation and internationally. She has a wealth of experience and knowledge and cares deeply about the success of young minds. Parent have more options than they think when it comes to their children’s education and she believes it is imperative that we stop working in a vacuum.

Design the page, design the future.

“She is not just a writing tutor, she is a writer. As such she helps young minds transcend the superfluous—anything that inhibits them from exploring the external and internal world—in order to embody the wandering and seeking mind. It is this mind that creates not only the kind of writing colleges devour, but the kind of writing that drives intellectual evolution.”

~Ahmad Yusuf.