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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2020-21 Princeton to Update Supplemental Essay Prompts

June 29, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 31

UPDATE AUGUST 18: PRINCETON HAS FINALLY POSTED THEIR NEW SUPPLEMENTS!! Compared to previous years, these supplements are (IMHO) more straightforward and less demanding. Here they […]

Harvard, CalTech, Columbia, Brown & Others Make SAT/ACT Optional This Year

June 16, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 27

SEE UPDATE BELOW In the last few months, hundreds of colleges and universities have gone test optional for the coming year because of COVID19 and […]

New/Old Testimonials: How I Coach Personal Statements for College & Medical School Applications

May 25, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 32

Reading a new testimonial and one sent to me five years ago that I somehow forgot to post (how did that happen?!), I have been […]

College Visits Without Leaving Home – You Can Do it

May 6, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 28

The high school seniors I’ve just finished working with are facing uncertain fall semesters. Will the colleges they worked so hard to get into hold […]

SATs and ACTs and the Crazy New Normal: To Test or Not to Test?

April 22, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 23

Forgive the cliché, dear reader: COVID19 has brought an end to the world as we know it. Every minute of our lives has been altered, […]

You Can’t Write College Application Essays Unless You Know Where You’re Applying: Here’s Help

April 5, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 26

I don’t need to tell anyone reading this post that this is a spring for high school juniors unlike any other. Instead of being in […]

College Admissions, College App Essays & Covid-19

March 22, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 31

As I write this from New York City, our governor has just ordered all but “essential businesses” closed until further notice, following the shuttering of […]

2020-21 Common Application Essay Prompts ~ Same As Last Year’s!

March 10, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 33

I’m very happy to report that the Common Application essay prompts for the coming year have not changed from the two previous years. My experience […]

Early decisions from Don’t Sweat the Essay!

January 4, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 31

The students I worked with this past summer and fall have heard all kinds of good news in the last few weeks. They’ve been accepted […]

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Don’t Panic: I Can Help with your College App Essays

November 8, 2019 Elizabeth Benedict 32

You’re in a tight spot. Early Action/Decision deadlines have passed and you’re looking ahead to upcoming deadlines for University of California (November 30), January 1st, […]

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