For some students, the process of college admissions just got easier ? with the help of $100 and a few Harvard grads.

Now applicants can pay a Harvard University graduate to completely overhaul an essay.

With Honors, a college essay editing service, a team of two Harvard graduates polish an essay and suggest changes in subject in less than two days.

Co-founder Austin Brentley said he believes what he is doing is nothing different from having a mom or English teacher check an essay, except in that he offers an objective, Ivy League perspective.

In addition, the service offers a thorough critique on grammar, syntax and subject matter. Once revised, the team sends back the original essay along with a newly revised one created by them.

Brentley did not grow up in a rich neighborhood with wealthy parents to pay completely for his Harvard education, but he did have a writing professor for a mother. He said he feels that not everyone has such advantages.

“Submitting an essay to us is just like giving it to a teacher,” Brentley said. “We’re doing the same thing a mom or professor would do.”

College admission officers beg to differ, however.

“There is a difference between a teacher saying ‘work on this’ and someone putting words in your mouth. It really isn’t [the student’s] essay,” Assistant Director of University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Admissions Tom Reason said.

Many of the students who use With Honors are Ivy-League hopefuls, but any student is able to use the business for a price anywhere from $40 to $300, depending on essay length.

In addition to undergraduate admissions essays, the duo also works on medical and graduate school essays.

According to Reason, UW is not necessarily looking for the content With Honors might plug into an essay. Instead, a personal statement that tells the admissions officer who the student is rather than how well they can write about “the political climate of South America,” is better, he said.

“We don’t want a highly-refined, glossy piece of work. I’m much more interested in learning about the individual,” Reason said.

Brentley said he believes that if universities and colleges think what they are doing is wrong, they would need to enact an “umbrella policy” to prevent students from giving their essays to teachers, parents or friends.

Brentley said he knows admissions officers do not think very highly of these services.

“The Harvard admissions’ director told me she doesn’t even like students’ parents looking at their essays,” Brentley said.

If services like With Honors become more popular in the future, admissions processes could possibly see many changes.

“It’s hard to catch. There’s no way we can tell which students are using these [services], so that could lead to whole different approaches to the [admissions] process,” Reason said.