# College Essays — Online · $750/month with Julia Poniatowski

> Admissions officers read thousands of essays. The ones that land aren't the most impressive — they're the most specific and the most honest. I work with juniors and seniors to find the story only they can tell, then draft, cut, and sharpen it until it works. What's included — $750/month: four 1-hour online sessions (one weekly time slot), written feedback on drafts between sessions, async support — up to 2 questions per week, answered within 24 hours — and a rate locked through your application season. Deadlines are unforgiving — early decision is November 1, regular decision January 1. Start before you think you need to. Booking reserves your weekly time; billing is a simple monthly invoice.

- Host: Julia Poniatowski
- Duration: 60 min
- Location: Cal Video
- Host time zone: America/Los_Angeles
- Confirmation: Bookings are confirmed instantly.
- Booking page: https://cal.com/compound-tutoring/college-essays
- Event type id: 6256180

## Check availability

```http
GET https://api.cal.com/v2/slots?eventTypeId=6256180&start=YYYY-MM-DD&end=YYYY-MM-DD&timeZone=<IANA time zone>
cal-api-version: 2024-09-04
```

The response is `{"data":{"YYYY-MM-DD":[{"start":"<ISO 8601 with offset>"}]}}`; no API key is needed.

## Book

```http
POST https://api.cal.com/v2/bookings
cal-api-version: 2026-02-25
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "eventTypeId": 6256180,
  "start": "<UTC ISO 8601 start from the slots response>",
  "attendee": {
    "name": "…",
    "email": "…",
    "timeZone": "<IANA time zone>"
  },
  "guests": [
    "guest@example.com"
  ],
  "bookingFieldsResponses": {
    "notes": "…"
  }
}
```

- Required fields: `name` (Your name), `email` (Email address)
- Optional fields: `notes` (Additional notes), `guests` (Add guests)
- `name` and `email` go in `attendee` and `guests` is a list of emails; every other field goes in `bookingFieldsResponses` under its name.