An Out-of-the-Ordinary College Essay Consultant / Coach / 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 Consultant / Coach / 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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Plan B: If You’re Rejected from Your 1st Choice College….

December 8, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 0

I was recently asked what a mother should tell her very sensitive son if he’s rejected at his first choice college when decisions come out […]

Do I Still Have Time for My College Application Essays?

November 26, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 0

I’m writing this on Thanksgiving morning of this strange, sad Thanksgiving for so many of us. My husband and I are Zooming later today with […]

2020-21 University of Chicago Supplemental Essay Prompts & How to Approach Them

July 9, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 5

“Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt didn’t really say that, at least in public — as far as […]

3 Reasons to Write the Optional Covid19 Supplemental Essay on the Common Application

July 9, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 7

UPDATE: The Covid19 prompt has just been added to this post. The Common Application announced recently that there will be a 250-word OPTIONAL supplement that […]

2020-21 Columbia Supplemental Essay Prompts are Here!

June 30, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 27

How to approach these unusual supplements? First, supplemental essays are a kind of dialogue between the student and the university, particularly with colleges whose essays […]

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 […]

Preparing for New Supplemental College App Essays & My Own Personal Prompts

May 13, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 31

Yesterday I attended an online webinar with the Director of Admissions at Barnard College. She was going over what matters to Barnard in reviewing applications, […]

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 25

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 and Medical School Acceptances from Don’t Sweat the Essay!

March 30, 2020 Elizabeth Benedict 32

In these uncertain days of The Virus, every bit of good news is magnified by ten or maybe by 100. So I’m especially excited to […]

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