43 Phrases You Should Avoid in a College Admission Essay

Caroline Koppelman

Caroline Koppelman is a college admissions expert. Her college admissions consulting firm, The Kopelman Group, has helped students get into the finest schools in the country, including Harvard and Upenn. If you need help brainstorming topics, editing essays, coming up with your college list, or anything relating to the college process.

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43 Phrases You Should Avoid in a College Admission Essay

43 Phrases You Should Avoid in a College Admission Essay

July 10, 2019

When most students write their college admission essays, they aren’t thinking about the Essay Readers at colleges whose entire job

10 Essay Topics That Don’t Work

10 Essay Topics That Don’t Work

October 19, 2015

  A college essay can fail for a number of reasons. The writing can be of poor quality, the theme