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Great College Essay: Solve a Problem
What problems interest you? Why do these problems interest you? Answer these questions in a great college essay for the Common Application.
April 17, 2017
What problems interest you? Why do these problems interest you? Answer these questions in a great college essay for the Common Application.
Mark offers advice on how to write a great college essay based on your background, identity, interests, or talents.
Mark explains the importance of the personal statement and introduces the main elements of the college essay
Great College Advice visits Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to showcase its energetic campus.
An up and coming university, Elon takes care to admit students that will be a good fit.
At the heart of every college essay is a good story. Everyone loves a good story, but what are the elements that make it good. Reflecting on these elements can help you improve your essay and thus your chances of acceptance at your top choice university.
Mark’s final post in a series on essays explore the prompt in which students are asked to recount an incident that marks their transition from childhood to adulthood.
The new perfect college essay prompts for the Common Application are much more narrow than they have been in the past. However, some of the
Mark continues his examination of the Common Application college essay prompts. This one focuses on the “belief or idea” prompt.