by stephen | Jul 30, 2018 | General College Applications Advice
Before you can begin to even think about your college essay topic or what style you’re going to write in, you’ve got to answer a simple yet sometimes difficult question to answer–where to apply for college. The simplest way to accomplish this is to...
by stephen | Jul 16, 2018 | General College Applications Advice
When you look down at a college application and see you have a half-dozen essays to fill out, it’s very easy to think “I’ll just do this essay today, those in a week, and those I can do quickly so I’ll wait until I sent my app out.”...
by stephen | Jun 4, 2018 | General College Applications Advice
Sometimes, no matter how vulnerable you want to be, there are taboo topics that just shouldn’t get brought up in your essay. While it’s important to show your most compelling side, there are a few topics that, even if you believe they are compelling,...
by stephen | May 28, 2018 | General College Applications Advice
The personal statement is usually open-ended, 500 to 650 words, and has very few other guidelines to tell your story. With all this freedom, you have the chance to write something magical. The flip side, of course, is that with this freedom comes the burden of too...
by stephen | May 21, 2018 | General College Applications Advice
When you hear the word “college application essay” or “personal statement essay,” one crucial word in those phrases may make you believe you have to be a great writer: “essay.” Hearing the word essay likely invokes memories of...
by stephen | Apr 1, 2018 | General College Applications Advice
It’s April 1st, which means by now, you should have heard from all of the schools you applied to. It may sound cliche, but you deserve congratulations for getting through this stressful process! Now comes one last step–picking a school. By now,...
