In my experience, the majority of problems students run into with their application essays are based upon picking a bad topic. By “bad” I generally mean the topic falls into… Read More »How to Create Easy, Original College Application Essay Topics. Introducing: “Half-Ideas”
Early in my career, I read a book someone shared on here about how to write college essays. The first half I thought was pretty good. It went over idea… Read More »I Think Modern “Elite” Essay Are Terrible and Here’s Why
I had nine students apply to T20 schools this year. Four of them didn’t quite have the raw numbers or ECs to hang, so I’d like to talk about the… Read More »The One Key Difference Between My Students Who Did and Did Not Get Into T20 Schools