Hey good vibrations,

I agree with seesaw. This student may not have understood why you made those edits in this first place. Could you speak with her, and see what she wants to get across with her edits and see if it can be said in a more fleshed out, deeper way?

Back when I was applying for colleges, many years ago, there really wasn't any help with the essays available. One of the main issues I had was knowing what they wanted, in general. I felt like a lot of the seniors in my class didn't know whether they wanted genuine essays, like we would turn in as an assignment, or if they wanted us to promote ourselves. It could be possible that these students think their essays are more of a "job interview" than showing how they write and what they can do and who they are. They may not understand what is really expected from the colleges.

I tutored for awhile, also, and I know it can get frustrating when the students don't seem to "want" the help I'm offering. I had to remind myself that, sometimes, it looked like that because they really just didn't understand or didn't want to admit they were wrong. These days, with younger people being told by the media and their peers that externals matter more than anything else, I tjink it's hard for them to acknowledge needing help, let alone accepting the help that is being offered (or paid for by their parents, I assume).

I'd say give her a chance, try to see why she changed it back and if there is a compromise that the two of you could come to, with the essay, before dropping her as a client.

Hang in there,
Chaos