by stephen | Sep 11, 2018 | How to Write a Personal Statement
Writing your personal statement is actually one of the easiest steps in the college application process. The key word there, though, is “writing.” Generating the ideas, outline, and flow of the essay is much, much harder. As an example, I recently had a...
by stephen | Jul 2, 2018 | College Essay Writing Tips
I recently had a client that had an essay question, “If you could have a contemporary guest speaker come to the university, who would it be and why?” This is a very similar question to another essay prompt, “If you could have dinner with one person...
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...