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Posted on January 18, 2020Choosing a topic for your personal essay can be… daunting. The questions are so inspiring! And yet challenging! And also numerous! And super important! One of the hardest questions to figure out as you wrack your brain for material is how “big” your story should be.
Posted on December 27, 2019If I had to assign the MVP of the college application essay, it would be the very first sentence. Why? Two reasons: 1) Prompts are short….
Posted on December 18, 2019So, the folks over at The Common App went rogue on us this year and changed up all the essay topics. And it seems a lot…
Posted on December 4, 2019Now that we’ve broken down the general approach to the common app essay prompts, it’s time to address how to write the thing.
Posted on November 29, 2019Acceptance rates say more about the college admissions process than they do about school quality. Getting into a highly selective school can feel like winning the…
Posted on September 17, 2019Dear college applicants: it gets easier. If you’re looking at a college application for the first time this spring, know that it’s the most complex application…
Posted on May 7, 2019You should think of the the Common App Activities List as a resume. Basically, it’s an opportunity to (briefly) highlight what you have participated in outside…
Posted on January 27, 2017High school students spend an exorbitant amount of time on their cell phones, so they might as well use that time to do something productive, right?…
Posted on June 21, 2016The wait is finally over! It was announced recently that 55 of the 94 member colleges and universities of the Coalition for College Access, Affordability and…
Posted on June 15, 2016