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Colleges Encourage Students to Write About $ and Work in College Application Essays The New York Times today published the seven college application essays it liked the best for its contest about writing on the topic of money. Most of the winners wrote...New Common App Essay Prompts for 2015-16!
The Five Prompts to Write your College Application Essay for The Common Application (Same prompts for 2016-17!) The folks at the Common Application announced the five essay prompts students will choose from to write their core essay for the coming college...Read more“If you want to ‘show’ something, ask, ‘Can you prove it with an example?'”
How to Turn a Real-Life Moment into an Anecdote
I confess: I love anecdotes. These are basically when a writer shares a mini-story about a real-life moment or experience. Usually, they are plucked out of the past, and presented without much introduction. Their power is that they draw you into a story, or...They Know When You’ve Been Naughty! Write Your Own Essays.
It’s almost Christmas Eve, just hours away in California. And we are coming upon another deadline–The Common Application–in January. If you are applying to colleges via the Common App, and you have yet to write your college application essays,...Admissions Officers From Select Colleges Confirm They Want Stories!
Tips for Writing Essays College Admissions Folks Want to Read While trying to think of topics for college essays, students often try to guess what the admissions officers are looking for, or what they want to read. It often feels like such a mystery. But in a...Pulling Your Hair Out Over The Common App? Here’s Some Relief
Students trying to submit their college applications–including their essays–to The Common Application are finding all sorts of glitches and problems this fall. Apparently, it’s a new system and some students have spent literally hours trying...Writing Anecdotes: A Crash Course
I love anecdotes. Especially for starting narrative essays for college application essays. They can take a little practice to compose, but what a deceptively powerful writing tool. Actually, if you start almost any type of writing with an anecdote–from a college...Just How Creative Should You Get?
College Application Essays Yes, You Can Go Too Far Colleges are encouraging students to get creative with their essays. This is great. However, I think students should be careful of trying too hard to showcase their creative writing skills. Rather, I believe...Click logo to visit Home Page!
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