An Out-of-the-Ordinary College Essay Coach / Consultant / Tutor: My unique, innovative, highly personal approach helps students applying to  Harvard, Yale, MIT, Brown & other top colleges, medical & law schools ~ My background: bestselling novelist, essayist, editor & former PRINCETON writing profESSOR

An Out-of-the-Ordinary College Essay Coach / Consultant / Tutor: My unique, innovative, highly personal approach helps students applying to Harvard, Yale, MIT, Brown & other top colleges, medical & law schools ~ My background: bestselling novelist, essayist, editor & former PRINCETON writing profESSOR

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Best Ever University of Chicago Application Essay Prompts 2020-21

July 17, 2018 Elizabeth Benedict 22

UPDATE! The 2020-21 U Chicago prompts are out! Click right here to read about them. The following post is from last year’s prompts, but you […]

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U Chicago – Home of Quirkiest College App Essays – Makes Big News

June 14, 2018 Elizabeth Benedict 26

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 […]

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Great American College Application Essay: Why Hire a Consultant?

June 4, 2018 Elizabeth Benedict 31

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

May 16, 2018 Elizabeth Benedict 24

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

May 12, 2018 Elizabeth Benedict 27

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

April 6, 2018 Elizabeth Benedict 27

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 […]

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N.Y. Times Wants Your College App Essays About Money, Work or Social Class

April 4, 2018 Elizabeth Benedict 28

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

March 6, 2018 Elizabeth Benedict 25

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

February 21, 2018 Elizabeth Benedict 28

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

February 17, 2018 Elizabeth Benedict 22

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 […]

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