Frequently asked questions

Our professional procedures ensure essays are distributed to available editors immediately. By maintaining a global team of experts, we ensure someone is always ready to provide focused, individual attention to your draft without the wait.

To save money, we encourage you to combine paragraphs for different schools into a single document. We'll edit them together and charge you for a single essay.

Please note: Substantially different essays or entirely different prompts should be purchased as separate services.

This is our most comprehensive service. It includes deep structural corrections, restructuring, and paragraph rearranging.

If you have used AI tools to create your initial draft, this service is particularly valuable; our editors will overhaul the robotic tone to ensure your essay has a distinct, authentic human voice that resonates with admissions committees. You also receive a tailor-made critique summarizing your draft's evolution.

No. Both Basic and Premium services include one free second edit within 7 days.

Please note: If your word count increases by more than 200 words, or you add entirely new schools or ideas, an additional service must be purchased.

• Recommendation Letter: highlights your relationship with the referrer, their position, and why they endorse you.
• Résumé: a formal, chronological summary of your education, work, research, and skills.

Our team consists of native English speakers who graduated from top-tier universities like the Ivy League, Stanford, and Oxford.

Unlike AI, our editors understand the emotional nuances of a successful application. They specialize in taking AI-generated drafts and refining them into polished, professional narratives that reflect genuine human experience and personality.

To keep things efficient, we don't share direct contact information. You can leave detailed instructions when you upload your essay, and message your editor through your case page once it's underway - everything stays in one thread, so nothing gets lost.

Yes. If you liked a previous editor's style, name them on the booking form. We'll do our best to match you, subject to their availability.

Absolutely. All editors sign strict confidentiality agreements. Your data and content are never shared or published without your explicit consent.

Yes. We handle all levels of higher education, including undergraduate, Masters (MA/MS/MBA), PhD, and professional schools (Law, Medicine).

We take payment through Stripe, which supports more than 125 payment methods globally - including credit cards, digital wallets, bank debits, and buy now, pay later options.

Yes. An electronic receipt is emailed automatically when your payment goes through, and every order stays in your account with what you paid.

Please use standard fonts (Times New Roman or Arial) at 12-point size. Documents must be in .docx format so your editor can use Track Changes.

Check that your file is a .docx and is not password-protected. If it still fails, email your file and case number to info@summaessay.com and we'll sort it out.

Yes. We have a diverse pool of editors covering STEM, humanities, social sciences, business, law, and medicine. Tell us your field when you upload and we'll match you accordingly.

Absolutely. Use the “Anything else your editor should know” box on the booking form to ask for help with tone, flow, or a specific prompt requirement.

If you started your draft with an AI tool, let us know - our editors will focus on humanizing the text, ensuring it sounds like a high-level professional wrote it rather than an algorithm.

Tell us the limit when you order. Your editor will focus on tightening the language and removing redundancies to meet it without losing your core message.

Essays are typically returned within 48 hours.

1. You'll get an email as soon as it's ready.
2. Sign in to your SummaEssay account.
3. Open the case from My Orders and download your edited essay.
4. Open the file in Word to see every suggestion via Track Changes.

We specialize in admissions documents (SOPs, CVs, letters of recommendation). While we do not write from scratch, we frequently work with applicants who use AI as a starting point - our role is to provide the expert human oversight that turns those drafts into unique, high-impact essays.

We do not edit creative writing such as novels or poetry.