Great College Advice shares tips on how to research the actual cost of a college.
What factors carry the most weight when college admissions officers are evaluating applicants? The team at Great College Advice analyzes recent survey data to see what colleges deem most important in your application.
The ‘Community’ Supplemental Essay is an opportunity for you to provide insight into your unique background and how you will contribute to a campus community.
What do college admissions officers look for in an essay? It’s a difficult question, because every essay is different–and every applicant is different. However, Great College Advice’s Sarah Farbman offers tips on what your college essay should contain.
Great College Advice’s Andrea Aronson discusses the do’s and don’ts for crafting the ‘Why Our College?’ supplemental essay.
Be sure to carve out time to craft thoughtful supplemental essays as part of the college application process. In this post, Great College Advice offers tips on how these short essays can help you stand out to college admissions officers.
In this post, Great College Advice provides insight in how to best address the personal growth Common App essay prompt.
How do your beliefs and ideas shape who you are as a person? The Common App essay prompt #3 focuses on how those beliefs or ideas being challenged can reveal a lot about you. Here are some ideas to help you write a reflective essay about a belief or idea.
Great College Advice’s Jamie Berger discusses Prompt #2 of the Common App essay, the failure prompt.
Writing your Common App essay about your background, identity, interest, or talent is a great way to stand out from the crowd–if you zero in on what the essay prompt is really asking you. In this post, we do a deep dive of what the prompt is asking of you and how best to share your story with admissions officers.
