U Chicago – Home of Quirkiest College App Essays – Makes Big News
I’ve been checking the University of Chicago’s website for weeks, hoping they’ve posted this coming fall’s new supplemental essay prompts – because UC’s are always […]
College Application Essay Help & the End of Net Neutrality
Today, the protections that “Net Neutrality” offers everyone who uses the Internet officially end, courtesy of the new FCC’s overturning protections that Obama brought to […]
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 […]