Yale Admissions

Want All the College Application Essays in One Doc?

Posted on August 12, 2020

Shoot me an email and I’ll send you a Word Doc with the Common App prompts, the Coalition, U California, U Texas, MIT, and about 35 college’s supplements. P.S. Princeton STILL hasn’t finalized their supplements!  ElizabethBenedictOK@gmail.com   

Can I Rewrite My Common Application Essay after ED Rejection/Deferral?

Posted on December 9, 2018

If you’re a senior in high school applying to college – or live in a household where someone else is – this coming week may be the most stressful of the process to date. This is the infamous “mid-December” when tens of thousands of students will hear from first-choice colleges and universities about EARLY DECISION Continue Reading »

Hidden College App Essays on the Common Application

Posted on August 13, 2018

Beware, college applicants and parents! As you scour the Common Application for required and optional essays before filling out the application, be sure you’re looking in all the right places. I believe that the college’s sprinkle the writing requirements into the application as though you will just come to them as you’re filling out the Continue Reading »

College Application Essays Matter at Yale-Even About Pizza!

Posted on June 4, 2017

Today’s Washington Post brings one of the more revealing – and surprising – articles about college applications essays that I’ve ever read. The key words are Yale, pizza, and Auburn University. But the main point is that the Yale Admissions Office reads students’ entire applications, whether the prompts are from the Common Application or the Continue Reading »