Ivy writing professor & bestselling author guides applicants to Harvard, Yale, MIT & other top colleges with a unique, innovative & personalized approach   "The best decision we made during the college process." "She taught me how to write and think." Students work with me, not a random staffer.

Ivy writing professor & bestselling author guides applicants to Harvard, Yale, MIT & other top colleges with a unique, innovative & personalized approach "The best decision we made during the college process." "She taught me how to write and think." Students work with me, not a random staffer.

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Best College Application Essays

Do College Application Essays Matter?

February 9, 2023 Elizabeth Benedict 0

College application essays matter.  Now more than ever.  And they will matter in the 2023-24 cycle. Now that “test-optional” and “test blind” (the entire University […]

Ideal Common App Essay Timetable

April 9, 2022 Elizabeth Benedict 0

As an essay coach, I’m often asked, “What’s the Common App essay timetable? When should my kid start writing The Essay?”  I’m so glad you […]

Early Decision Results: Harvard, Cornell, Tufts, NYU Stern, Hamilton ~

December 15, 2021 Elizabeth Benedict 0

The initial results are in. This week, the students I worked with gained Early Decision Admission to Cornell, Harvard, NYU Stern, Tufts, and Hamilton. How’d […]

College App Essays, Interviews, Common App — Decisions are Days Away

December 9, 2021 Elizabeth Benedict 0

Ready or not, the next few days will bring news to tens of thousands of students who applied Early Decision or Restricted Early Action to […]

Princeton Essay Supplements 2021-22 and How to Answer Them

August 1, 2021 Elizabeth Benedict 0

Behold the Princeton Essay Supplements 2021-22, a new look after many years of stogy prompts. Princeton is looking for students who combine high academic achievement […]

A Great Common App Essay — Can You Write One?

July 28, 2021 Elizabeth Benedict 0

You: “What makes a great Common App essay?” Me: “It’s wide open. Colleges want to know who you are. What drives you, makes you tick, […]

College App Essays for Engineering and Robotics Programs? Done!

July 18, 2021 Elizabeth Benedict 0

I was an English and creative writing major in college way back in the 20th century, so long ago that engineers were guys — they […]

2021-22 UCLA Essay Prompts, Other U CAL prompts, plus U Michigan & U Texas Prompts

April 27, 2021 Elizabeth Benedict 0

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 […]

What Now? Waitlisted at Ivies, Letters of Continued Interest?

April 7, 2021 Elizabeth Benedict 0

Last night’s explosion of Ivy League acceptances left tens of thousands of students and their families a mix of happy, devastated, and in many cases […]

Plan B: If You’re Rejected from Your 1st Choice College….

December 8, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 0

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 […]

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