About Us
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  • THE FLASHPOINT EDUCATION STORY

    Our mission is to help people achieve their educational goals. This simple idea has transformed the way we do business and accounted for much of our early success.

    The idea behind Flashpoint was to focus on personal solutions to difficult problems. This meant that it wasn’t enough just to edit an essay and send it back. Flashpoint writers and editors consult with all of our clients directly. They ask questions and share stories; they get to know the people they’re working for. As a result, our personal statements read like statements that are written personally. Each application essay is designed to reflect the voice and the values of the applicant.

    This commitment to intensive one-on-one consultation produced some fantastically unexpected results. Writers and editors found that because they were so familiar with their clients they were able to be much more strategic in their approach. This became one of the pillars of our approach. Every piece of Flashpoint writing is the result of a collaborative process between writer and client. The reason we keep talking, the reason we’d never think of charging extra for unlimited email contact with editors or writers, isn’t just because we want to satisfy our clients. It’s also because this enables us to develop significantly stronger personal statements. Our experience has been that statements written after individual consultation are more likely to meet the specific needs of applicants. Simply put, they’re the sort of personal statements that maximize the chance of admission.

    Price has been another key factor. Some of us come from humble beginnings and we want our services to be available to as many people as possible. As a result, we keep our price points below (in some cases way below) those of our competitors. This means we can’t splurge on expensive advertising or luxurious office space, but again, we seem to have lucked out. Our most important ad campaign hasn’t come from Madison Avenue but from our existing client base. People have been so amazed by the results that they’ve told their friends about us, their coworkers, other family members. A million thanks for this and don’t worry, we’ll continue to live up the word of mouth. There’s no greater compliment than a new client who’s referred by an old one.

    Last but not least, the most important part: the writing. We pride ourselves on offering the best writing and editing services available anywhere, at any price, for any type of student. Our promise to you is to supply the best talent that America has to offer. If it sounds lofty, it is, but we really mean it. We won’t hire someone just because they have an impressive résumé or attended an Ivy League university. What matters is ability and what you’ll get at Flashpoint are the best writing services available anywhere, completed on time and tailored specifically to your needs.

    There you go, that’s us in a nutshell. But before you click back, there’s one other thing. We’d like to keep on growing, but it seems to us that one of the biggest problems with corporate expansion is that little by little it tends to change the nature of the company. So our final promise to you is a simple one: we’ll be there to help. In other words, that little mission statement, the part about helping people achieve their educational dreams, that will continue to be at the heart of what we do. We’ll always put people ahead of money. We’ll always be the folks you can call late at night to ask for help, even if you can’t quite afford us, even if there’s nothing in it for our bottom line. And that’s why we hope that we’ll always be the company you trust for your educational needs.    \