Coalition App Essays: The Topic of Your Choice Prompt
May 24, 2017
How should you address the “topic of your choice” essay on the Coalition college application? Mark offers some tips.
How should you address the “topic of your choice” essay on the Coalition college application? Mark offers some tips.
This post is another in my series on how to address the college application essay prompts from the Coalition App. This year, you have five
Mark introduces the essay topics from the Coalition Application for 2017-2018.
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
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.
Essay Writing! This first in a series of posts on the Common Application essay prompts focuses on how to answer the prompt about how your background or story has shaped your identity.
Sometimes looking at examples of successful college essays can help you get the creative juices flowing.