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Great College Essays — How to Address the "Background" Prompt

Mark offers advice on how to write a great college essay based on your background, identity, interests, or talents.
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Common Application Essays: What are they?

Mark explains the importance of the personal statement and introduces the main elements of the college essay
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MIT Admissions and Superheroes

You don’t have to be a superhero to get into MIT, but you might have a classmate who is! Each year, MIT produces a video to let applicants know when
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An Easy and Fun Way To Pay for College Tuition

What's the easiest and most fun way to avoid student debt and college loans then you can't pay tuition for a dream school? Check out this upcoming movie.
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Take a look at the 2017-2018 Coalition Application essay prompts!

The Common Application essay prompts came out last week; today, we wanted to take a look at a list of the Coalition Application essay prompts. The Coalition Application website recommends that each
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Finding Oneself in the Liberal Arts

An international student describes the difficulties of his complex origins, and the solace he found in a liberal arts major.
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