Tagged: "Personal Statement"
Summer Task for Seniors: Complete Your Essay
What is one of the best things you can do to prepare for college application? Complete your college essay!
Essays That Worked–Examples of Successful College Applications
Sometimes looking at examples of successful college essays can help you get the creative juices flowing.
Common Application–Record Numbers of College Applicants and Applications
More and more students seem to be applying to more and more colleges. Evidence? The Common Application.
Being First is Not Necessary
Feeling anxious about the college application process? It is time to get organized!
Getting Started on Your College Admissions Essay
Writing about oneself is difficult. Really difficult. But write about yourself you must. So you may as well get started. But how? Most students start with the five prompts offered by the Common Application. Essentially, these boil down to the following: A person who has influenced you An experience that reflects your personality in some [...]
Holding College Chiefs to Their Words
The Wall Street Journal came up with a neat trick: asking college presidents to write essays from the application to their own college. Tough assignment!. The results were reported the other day in an article entitled, “Holding College Chiefs to Their Words”. It’s a good read, and a helpful tonic to high school juniors who [...]
School’s Out! Top 10 Summertime Tips for College Admission
Summer is a good time to relax and recharge--and prepare for the college admissions process. Learn what you can do to give yourself an edge (and have fun, too!).
Carnivals, Old and New
The latest edition of the Carnival of Education is up today at the Elementary Educator, and it’s full of interesting posts, as usual. In addition, the third edition of a new carnival, the Carnival of College Admission is up. I’m happy to see this Carnival get going–so happy, that I’ll be hosting it next week. [...]
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