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Describe the World You Come From…
College Admissions Essays How to Answer Prompt #1 for the College Application Essay for the University of California: “Describe the World You Come From” Only read this if you are applying to a UC...
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Should You Title Your College Application Essay?
College Admissions Essay Title or No Title? I like titles. But they need to be good. A title should be short and witty. Not cutesy. The tone of the title and essay should match. The best ones don’t...
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Before You Push the Button
College Admissions Essays: How To Fine Edit Your College Application Essay You are finally finished with your essay. It’s time to copy it into the online application and send it off. You’ve worked...
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How Far Will You Go for A Great Essay Topic?
College Admissions Essays: Don’t Try to Impress! I just read an interesting article in the New York Times about how high school students are seeking out exotic trips, usually to foreign countries,...
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Essay Karma: Why You Shouldn’t Even Think About Cheating on Your Essay
This fall, one of my tutoring students taught me a lesson about how cheating on these essays can backfire–even if you don’t get caught. He wanted to write his essay for the Common App on a trip he...
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Athletes Beware: How Not to Write a Sport-Themed Essay
College Admissions Essays How to Write About Your Sport–Or Think Again If you are a serious athlete, and intend to play your sport in college, it’s hard to pick a topic for your college application...
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How to Focus your Essay
College Admissions Essays How to Give Them More Punch: FOCUS! A common challenge in writing these college admissions essays is making sure they go deep enough. That doesn’t mean you have to talk about...
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Twilight as a Topic? No Way!
College Admissions Essays: Finding topics in unlikely places I would never have believed that writing about the Twilight series could be a super essay topic–not in a million years. But below, I’m...
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5 Top Tips on Finding Topics for College Admissions Essays
College Admissions Essays: Five Tips for the Perfect Topic Still looking for a college application essay topic that will set you apart from the pack? Here are my Top Five Tips on finding...
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The Ultimate Essay Checklist
College Admissions Essays Final Checklist So you think you are done with your college admission essay or personal statement. Wait! You have worked so hard on that essay; it’s worth an extra few...
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