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.
Great College Advice’s Andrea Aronson discusses the do’s and don’ts for crafting the ‘Why Our College?’ supplemental essay.
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.
Not sure what to write about for your Common App college essay? Do not fear. You can write about virtually anything – as long as your essay contains fundamental elements. Here are Great College Advice’s tips on the ‘your choice’ Common App essay prompt:
Are you having a difficult time getting started on your Common App personal essay? Here are some tips from Great College Advice.
Great College Essays start with great topics. Here Mark decodes the Common Application prompt that focuses on an interest that you find particularly captivating.
Not sure what to write about for your Common Application college essay? Never fear: you can write about virtually anything–as long as your essay contains fundamental elements. Read Mark’s tips here.
One of Mark’s students who got accepted to his first choice college reflects on the process of writing his college essays.
What problems interest you? Why do these problems interest you? Answer these questions in a great college essay for the Common Application.
Mark explains the importance of the personal statement and introduces the main elements of the college essay
