About

Jack Brookes is a writer, educator, and college admissions advisor with more than eight years of experience guiding applicants through undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral processes. He has supported students in securing admission to leading liberal arts colleges, major public universities, and Ivy League institutions through a method grounded in thoughtful strategy, intellectual rigor, and authentic self-expression.

He earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from St. John’s College and an M.A. from Harvard University. At Harvard, he served in multiple instructional roles, including teaching fellow and writing tutor, and mentored graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Prior to graduate study, he undertook several years of formal Zen monastic training, cultivating disciplined inquiry and sustained reflection. That formation continues to shape his mentorship: deliberate, exacting, and attentive to the intellectual and personal clarity that serious writing demands.

At The Arc Project, Jack provides individualized guidance designed not only to help students articulate a coherent sense of purpose and produce outstanding applications. Through a structured and collaborative process of ideation, development, and refinement, he works closely with students to produce essays that are intellectually compelling and personally grounded. Engagements begin in the spring and extend through the full admissions cycle.