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 Essays That Work And Why
When writing college essays some people debate whether it’s helpful or not to read other students’ essays for inspiration. When it comes to college admissions essays, we think it’s w...
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...
Need Help Organizing Your College Essays?
From time to time we highlight apps and websites that can help students and families with college funding and the application process. We came across Zoomita and reached out to its founder, Alex Thale...
Common College Essay Mistakes To Avoid Before Hitting Submit
Time is running out for students to finalize their college application essays. With the January 1 deadline looming, students are feeling the stress. And as a professional essay editor, I’m in crunch m...
Early Decision: Deferred But Not Deterred
Preparing college applications is an arduous and stressful process. Taking tests, writing essays and seeking letters of recommendation require months of preparation. Some students choose to apply earl...
The 13 Most Haunting College Admissions Errors
If you don’t have a senior applying early to college, Halloween may still feel like a fun, family holiday. But for those families dealing with early decision/early action applications, Halloween...
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...