Simone Policano

Writer, Editor, proof reader

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Simone Policano is a writer, editor, and proofreader with a decade of professional experience shaping narratives across education, entertainment, and brand communications. A Yale graduate and former member of Yale’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Simone brings a sharp editorial eye and deep understanding of audience-driven storytelling to every project. As a private college essay coach, Simone has spent nearly a decade performing intensive developmental editing, line editing, and proofreading for high-stakes writing. Her clients’ essays have earned acceptances to all eight Ivy League institutions, Stanford, MIT, Duke, Vanderbilt, and dozens of other top-tier universities. She is also co-founder of Playing Field, a college application coaching company on a mission to democratize access to expert-level writing guidance. Simone’s editorial background extends well beyond admissions. She has served as a Writer & Strategist and Communications Specialist at a premier NYC education company, where she crafted brand copy, email campaigns, client-facing communications, referral materials, and internal content strategy. Her creative writing background — spanning theatre, screenwriting, and television development — gives her a distinctive versatility, whether she’s tightening a 200-character short answer or developing a long-form brand narrative. She is particularly skilled at preserving a client’s authentic voice while elevating clarity, structure, and impact — a rare combination of precision and creative instinct that makes her equally effective editing a student’s personal statement, polishing marketing copy, or proofreading a manuscript. Services: Developmental editing, line editing, copy editing, proofreading, ghostwriting, brand copywriting, content strategy