Race is a Terrible College App Essay Topic

by | Aug 6, 2023

Feeling Pressure to Write About Race? Don’t Do It!   Colleges and universities can no longer use your race as a factor in determining whether to accept you to their schools, since the landmark Supreme Court ruling on June 29th abolished most of Affirmative...

Should You Gamble on Your College Application Essay?

by | Apr 13, 2017

Can a Risky College Application Essay Get You Into the Ivies? Maybe…   This time of year, a flurry of stories hit the national media about students who get into all the Ivy League schools (plus Stanford). The stories always include scrutiny and speculation...