Chris Hathaway

Chris Hathaway is the founder and lead advisor of Dimension Admissions in Costa Mesa, California. She helps students and parents with prep school, undergraduate and graduate school admissions. She is a Yale educated teacher and consultant, and an essay specialist who focuses on personal narrative. Her firm uses a 4-D approach built on determination, direction, discovery and distinction. She is a professional member of the IECA. 93% of her clients arrive by word of mouth.

What Chris helps with

Chris helps applicants build a clear personal story and turn it into strong application essays. She also guides them through the full admissions process.

• Building a personal narrative for an application
• Writing the Common App personal statement
• Writing school-specific supplements and short answers
• Writing the UC Personal Insight Questions
• Creating a school list
• Planning applications from start to finish
• Preparing for admissions interviews
• Applying to all eight Ivies and similar schools

Who Chris works with

Chris works with students applying to prep school, undergraduate and graduate programs. She also works with their parents. Her clients include applicants to Common App schools, selective UC campuses, and the Ivy League and similar schools.

How Chris works

Dimension uses a 4-D approach built on determination, direction, discovery and distinction. Chris starts with guided self-reflection and narrative development. Clients then go through a detailed writing and revision process for their essays. Packages include unlimited exchanges on essays. Full-time roster clients also get school list creation, application planning and interview prep. Chris teaches writing skills along the way so clients learn from their feedback.

Background and qualifications

Chris Hathaway founded Dimension Admissions and serves as its lead advisor. She is a Yale educated teacher and consultant. She specializes in essay writing and personal narrative. She is a professional member of the IECA, the Independent Educational Consultants Association. Her firm is based in Costa Mesa, California. It describes itself as a boutique independent educational consulting firm. It serves applicants to prep school, undergraduate and graduate programs.

Chris Hathaway pricing

Programs and services

• Personal statement package with unlimited exchanges
• One-school supplement package with unlimited exchanges
• UC Personal Insight Questions package
• Eight-school package for Ivy and similar applicants
• Full-time roster packages with start-to-finish guidance
• Hourly offerings

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