Supplemental Essays Make or Break Your College Application

It’s just as important for a personal essay to tell a compelling story of its college applicant as the supplemental essay thoroughly answers the question asked. If it isn’t written as clearly and concisely on a selected topic and helps you distinguish yourself in your own voice, the college admissions counselor may give pause. That […]

The Best College Essays Are Written Over The Summer

The best time to write your college essay is during the summer when you have enough time to chill and be reflective. Not in the fall when school starts, along with all your extracurricular activities! Here are four more tips to crush your college essay. It’s YOU time High school students may have a hard […]

College Essay Advice For Parents

It’s quite the process to allow your child to write an essay that reveals their true personalities, inexplicable passions, weird talents, favorite foods, sickest playlists, and undeniable quirks.  We believe the best college essay convinces the reader that she/he would make a great roommate. Our best advice for parents: step away from the keyboard.  You […]

Top Tips for College Supplemental Essays

Last week, I talked about the best 6 ways to prep your high school senior for writing College Supplemental Essays: Do your research (don’t limit it to the major you think you want) Express “some interest” in a major versus choosing undecided Delve into how a college program matches your interests Demonstrate you GET the school’s “culture” […]