The last, or fifth prompt, on the Common Application you can choose to write to for your personal college essay is below: Discuss an accomplishment...
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How to Write to the Fourth Essay Prompt on the Common Application
The fourth choice you have on the Common Application for your college essay follows: Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content...
Let’s Look at the Third Common Application Essay Prompt
The third essay choice for college applicants on the Common Application is about a challenge of an idea you have had or a belief you have held. Here...
Common Application Prompt #1: How to Write the College Essay
Here is the first prompt on the Common Application for you to choose to respond to for your 650 word college application essay: Some students have a...
Tips that Can Help you get Admitted to College
College acceptance rates are as low as 6%, not a high percentage! This is probably due to the huge numbers of students who are now...
The College Essay: Prompt #2 on the Common Application
There are five prompts offered for your choice on the Common Application. You must select one to write to. One of the best prompts to choose is...
The College Application Essay: Looking at the Prompts – Option 1
Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If...
Making Your Activity Essay Come Alive
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...
Three Things NOT to Write about in your College Application Essay
There is no doubt the personal essay is one of the most important elements of your college application. The rest is data, cold numbers that reveal...
How do “THEY” Evaluate the College Essay?
When students apply for college admission, one of the most important aspects of their application package is the personal essay. What makes a good...