Nathan O. Hatch, president of Wake Forest University, writes that Wake Forest, along with other liberal arts colleges including Bates, Hamilton, Holy...
Archive - October 2008
The Short Activity Essay
The short activity essay is required as part of your Common Application. You may also see something similar requested in the supplemental essays for...
Why I-Want-to-Go-to-This-College Essay
You will find many college applications ask you to write a short essay on why you want to go to their college and it’s also a common college...
Dos and Do Nots for the Short Activity Essay
If you’re using the Common Application, you have met the short activity essay. Aside from the main essay, or the personal essay, the...
The College Essay Editing Checklist
There are really 4 steps to writing the college essay. The first is thinking about how to answer the application essay prompt, the second is writing...
Get the Scoop on New College Loan Laws
2007 has ushered in new laws governing student loans.
Calculating the Cost of Graduate School
Some of you haven’t been admitted into college yet, others of you are working to get your undergraduate degree, and some of you have just graduated...