Write Your College Application Essays on Martha’s Vineyard
I lived on the Vineyard in the 1990s and return every summer to enjoy the pleasures of the island AND meet with essay clients, both […]
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2021-22 UCLA Essay Prompts, Other U CAL prompts, plus U Michigan & U Texas Prompts
This past year’s college application and admissions cycle has been unprecedented. With 1000 colleges, including the most selective, making SATs and ACTs optional, applicant pools […]
2021-22 Common App Essay Prompts Are Here!
There’s some BIG NEWS this month for those applying to college for the class of 2025! The Common Application essay prompts are officially out as […]
Wondering Where to Apply to College? Two Great Resources
You can’t write your college essays until you know where you’re applying. This year, with many colleges closed and tours out of the question, where […]
Plan B: If You’re Rejected from Your 1st Choice College….
I was recently asked what a mother should tell her very sensitive son if he’s rejected at his first choice college when decisions come out […]
7 Tips on Common Application Essay from Admissions Officers & Me!
I was delighted to be asked to contribute to these 7 Expert Tips on Common Application Essay. The other experts include admissions officers and other […]
2020-21 University of Chicago Supplemental Essay Prompts & How to Approach Them
“Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt didn’t really say that, at least in public — as far as […]
2020-21 Columbia Supplemental Essay Prompts are Here!
UPDATE: I’m writing this on July 19, 2021. It appears that Columbia’s supplemental essays for 2021-22 may be the same BUT the final word is […]
New/Old Testimonials: How I Coach Personal Statements for College & Medical School Applications
Reading a new testimonial and one sent to me five years ago that I somehow forgot to post (how did that happen?!), I have been […]
College Visits Without Leaving Home – You Can Do it
The high school seniors I’ve just finished working with are facing uncertain fall semesters. Will the colleges they worked so hard to get into hold […]