Category - Admissions Essays

The activity essay may be the most difficult essay you write. Although it is no longer required as part of the Common App, it still may appear as a...

Like filling out a job application, completing a college application requires that you put your best foot forward, and that means not handing in...

The college application essay is a way to demonstrate what kind of person you are. It is not about what you do; it’s about who you are...

You can go to many sites and read many books about applying to college. They all suggest good game plans, and they even will give you some ideas to...

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...

  If you’re using the Common Application, you have met the short activity essay. Aside from the main essay, or the personal essay, the...

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...

See a sample supplemental essay that provides additional information for the college admissions committee to consider in their review of an...

Below is a revised college application essay from a first draft written to a prompt from the Common Application. (To see the first draft, visit...