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How to polish a college application essay

Early applications to college are in, and now many students are scrambling to finish personal statements and essay supplements for regular admissions, beginning Jan. 1. Whether your students are writing personal statements for the Common App, or supplements for an Ivy, private liberal arts college or public university, make sure they follow the directions and Read More

Help Your Students Respond to the Why College X? Essay Prompt

The first early deadlines for most schools have passed. Now your students are busily working on apps for other schools with November, December and January deadlines. There’s lots of work to be done to help those students get their apps wrapped up. And we don’t want the essays to ruin your Thanksgiving or winter breaks. Read More

Write Your Way In: Crafting an Unforgettable College Admissions Essay

Rachel Toor has recently written a great book, “Write Your Way In: Crafting an Unforgettable College Admissions Essay” that should be required reading for any Counselor that works with students in helping them write their College Admissions Essay. The book is not about admissions, but about the writing process. The title refers to the fact Read More

College Essay Tips from the Admissions Office for your students

We talk to admissions officers all the time at large, small, public, and private colleges. Just in the last few months, we’ve checked in with Michigan, Barnard, Indiana, Northwestern, Cornell, Michigan State, Columbia and UC-Berkeley.  Their advice is worth listening to. Time and again, these and other admissions officers (who can decide a student’s fate) Read More

5 Simple Tips to Help Juniors Prep for the College Essay

You probably already know that at its core, the college application essay is all about reflection. We tell our students time and again it’s as much a thinking task as a writing task. While we have many tools to help you guide your college-bound junior class on the essay, this time of year we focus Read More

Does Your Student’s College Essay Show Insight?

With the first round of application deadlines on Nov. 1, we’ve been reviewing a lot of college entrance essays that have not been ready to submit to colleges. Most of them lack the insight colleges are looking for. And, at its core, a college entrance essay is all about reflection. If your students don’t reflect, Read More

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