Prepping to take a standardized test might rub some the wrong way, as they equate it with “gaming the system,” and resorting to tricks rather than actually learning the material. SAT prep expert, Bobb...
How Much Should Parents Assist With College Admissions?
As a parent, the high school years can be a difficult time. You are watching your baby grow up and move on into their own life. As a result, you may wonder if it’s best for them to take the lea...
Articles Our Readers Loved in 2017: Road2College
With every passing year, the topics of getting into college and how to pay for it are becoming more prominent (and pertinent). So, it’s no wonder that this year’s Road2College.com articles...
Ask These 5 Questions To Improve Your Kid’s College Application Essays
It’s tough being both a parent and editor, reviewing your student’s college application essays. You’ve probably told them hundreds of times to start early so they have time to revise...
Use the Secrets of Screenwriting to Write Your College Essay
Summer is the perfect time for students to start writing college essays. It may sound like a broken record, but encouraging students to start early will give them time to reflect on their essays and t...
10 Tips for Staying Sane While Writing College Application Essays
Students may shrug and protest, but the summer before senior year is the perfect time to start writing essays for college applications. Writing college application essays is so different from the type...
College Admission Essay Examples That Worked And Why
When writing college admission essays some people debate whether it’s helpful or not to read other students’ essays for inspiration. We think it’s worthwhile to read essay examples O...
43 Phrases You Should Never Use In a College Admission Essay
When most students are writing their college admission essay, they aren’t thinking about the Essay Readers at colleges whose entire job is to sort students’ essays into NO, MAYBE, and YES piles. As ha...
10 Essay Topics That Don’t Work
A college essay can fail for a number of reasons. The writing can be atrocious, the theme can be predictable, the execution of the essay can simply flop, or the student’s personality doesn’t shi...
What’s The Single Best Piece Of Essay Writing Advice?
It’s that time of year when everything seems to come crashing down on high school seniors applying to college – writing college essays, filling out applications, asking for teacher recomme...