“The service is for parents that are discerning”

For about $300 an hour, experts will assist teens in managing their fun in the sun, all in an effort to help them craft that killer “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” essay and land a spot at a top college.

“In terms of writing his college essays, it was pretty much a slam-dunk,” said Marla Isackson, 57 of Tenafly, NJ, who hired “professional summer planner” Jill Tipograph to plan two trips for her son Josh, who now attends Yale.