The choice of topic for a college applicant’s Personal Statement doesn’t matter so long as the essay is well executed, right? Wrong. The choice of topic for the Personal Statement matters a great deal. After all, admissions officers at highly selective colleges must read thousands of Personal Statements. They also …
It’s just about Thanksgiving and it’s wise to spend this break from school working on college admissions essays for the Regular Decision cycle. This applies to all students — even those who applied through Early Decision and Early Action policies. Why’s that, you ask? Because you won’t have time to …
It’s August 7th. Now is the time when rising high school seniors should be working on their college admissions essays. From the Common Application Personal Statement to the many supplemental essays required of so many highly selective colleges, working on these admissions essays is a whole lot of work. Each …
There is a post up on “The Huffington Post” today by Robert S. Schwartz entitled, “Forget About Writing Your College Application Essays This Summer. Have Fun Instead!” We could not disagree more vehemently with this headline. On the contrary, the summer is the absolute best time to write your college …
School is about to start if it hasn’t already in your neck of the woods! If you are a rising high school senior and you haven’t started writing your college essays, what on earth have you been waiting for? Are you waiting for schoolwork to pile up? Are you waiting …
There’s an old expression: writing is about rewriting. As rising high school seniors begin writing college essays this summer (if they’re smart — as waiting to do so during the school year isn’t a good idea), they need to internalize this expression and make it their mantra. Writing is about …
The time is now to start to write college essays! School is letting out. Your exams are finishing. But just because the sun is out and the ocean’s warm, that doesn’t mean you should be out on the beach enjoying yourself. Sure, you can do that a little. We support …
Continuing our series on common mistakes college applicants often make on their college application essays, let’s take a look at a sample paragraph we’ve written below that is emblematic of a type of essay college admissions counselors often receive. After the sample paragraph, we’ll analyze the writing and give you …
