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August is for Reading
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The Writing Section of the SAT is Taken More Seriously as It Grows Up
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How Important is the New S.A.T. Writing Section?
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Your Education and Your Career
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What You Are Up Against as a College Applicant
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Admissions Essays
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Start Early!! These words can not be said enough or emphasized enough. Really! An essay should grow. It needs time to form in your mind. You need to practice using words to get what’s in your head on paper. You will want to... |
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Once you have your topic, it’s time to write. The problem is you think you know where your pen will take you, but your pen is stopping in mid sentence and you’re beginning to feel that you can’t... |
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Because the college essay is not the same kind of essay that you write for your high school English teacher, it does not have to have the typical essay introduction, which provides the... |
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Below is a college application essay prompt from the Common Application...You will see the revision comments at the end. |
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Once your college application essay is finished, it’s good to pause before putting it in an envelope, breathing a sigh of relief, and sending it off with your application. Any college essay must be... |
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Below is a revised college application essay from a first draft written to a prompt from the Common Application.... |
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Like filling out a job application, completing a college application requires that you put your best foot forward.... |
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Below are listed other common mistakes writers make.... |
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There are really 4 steps to writing the college essay. This first is thinking about how to answer the application essay prompt, the second is writing the first draft, the third is the editing stage, and the fourth is polishing your last draft.
Editing is one of the most important steps, and it’s probably the hardest. For this reason we are offering a checklist to help you with the editing stage.... |
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See a sample supplemental essay that provides additional information for the college admissions committee to consider in their review of an application... |
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