Great American College Application Essay: Why Hire a Consultant?
Applying to college these days – writing the perfect personal statement and a dozen or more supplementals – can feel like mounting a presidential campaign. […]
11 Tips on Writing Your College Application Essays
Students and parents call me in anguish: College application essays are driving us crazy. My son can’t find a topic for his Common Application essay. […]
NYT’s Best College Application Essays
Looking for a few fresh examples of strong college application essays? The New York Times is happy to oblige today. College application essays – especially the Common […]
What We Can Learn from Breakdown of Harvard Admission Stats-Class of ’22
I’m posting this recent article from the Harvard Crimson breaking down statistics for the just-admitted class of 2022, not to encourage applications to Harvard, but because it […]
N.Y. Times Wants Your College App Essays About Money, Work or Social Class
This has become a yearly ritual that I look forward to – and an idea I’ve incorporated into my work with high school students on […]
Calling All High School Creative Writers-Summer Program at Skidmore
Do you know a young writer who might want to spend 2 weeks – June 24th to July 6th – with a team of fabulous […]
Affordable Summer Programs for High School Students: Carnegie Mellon; University of Chicago
It’s not hard to find intellectually enriching summer programs if you have money to spend. But what about students and families where funds are tight […]
Princeton Offers Low-income High Schoolers Journalism Summer Program
This just came across my screen and I wanted to pass it on ASAP: The Princeton University Summer Journalism Program THE APPLICATION FOR SUMMER 2018 […]
When to Start Common App Essay & Other College Admissions Essays?
Don’t worry: NOT YET! “When to start?” is a question I’m asked frequently. Parents occasionally call me when their kids are in tenth grade or […]
Major Common Application Essay News! Same Prompts as Last Year
Big news on the college application front. We know the Common App essay prompts for the coming year earlier than we have in previous years. […]