More and more parents are getting involved with helping their son or daughter apply to college. And, there are good reasons for them to do so. One is...
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College Admission and the Personal Essay
College admissions people will tell you the college application essay is essential! First, they say, admitting the right fit to their college is not...
New Common Application Essay Prompts!
Those applying to college in the fall of 2013 will deal with new essay prompts on the Common Application. The essay has always been important. It...
Use Your December Break to Find Money for College
College costs a LOT! But, college is not out of reach if you search for outside money to help you out. That means depending on financial aid but also...
Tips for Home-schooled College Applicants
Home-schooled students have been building a positive reputation over the last few decades. They tend to do well on standardized tests and demonstrate...
Have I Written a Good College Application Essay?
The college application essay is tricky! It needs to be well-written, but it shouldn’t be a typical English class essay with a thesis statement. It...
A Modest Proposal: The College Essay
You really sweat writing the personal essay, don’t you? It’s hard to write because you’re not sure what’s expected, and then it’s just this one piece...
3 Important Tips for Writing You College Applications Essay
The college application essay is an essay you have probably never written before, and yet it is so important; it makes you more than a bunch of...
New College Application Essay Prompts
College application essay prompts are changing. Traditional college essay prompts are oh-so-familiar. • Why do you want to go to this school? • What...
What is the Academic Index?
The Academic Index (AI) is a tool used by the Ivies and other colleges and universities to calculate the academic standing of a recruited athlete.