May 2, 2012 Top College Application Stories in the News this Week Admissions 101: Should Lawyers Sanitize High School Transcripts? College Loans: What You Need to Know The Light at the End of the College Admissions Tunnel–a student perspective How Colleges Fight for Top Students Top 10 Crazy College Scholarships Need more assistance with writing [...]
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April 18, 2012 Top College Application Stories in the News this Week Rankings Did Not Motivate College Official Who Falsified SAT Scores, Report Finds The Ideal College Graduate 3 Surprises for International Students at U.S. Universities Upcoming ACT Test Procedure Changes Finding Free Money to Pay for College Need more assistance with writing your story [...]
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April 13, 2012. What do you think about writing an essay and receiving $5,000 for your effort? Essay Coaching is proud to raise awareness concerning 10 scholarship opportunities. Bookmark the following list, because the deadline on the last contest is July 31, 2012—plenty of time to apply! Need more assistance with writing your scholarship essay [...]
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What is college for? Is it simply a way to make more money? Is a B.A. really worth one million dollars in increased lifetime earnings? College is more than a job training factory, argues Columbia English Professor Andrew Delbanco in his new book, College, What it Was, Is, and Should Be, published this month by [...]
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March 29, 2012 Top College Application Stories in the News this Week The Fate of Diversity in College Is Being Tested Huffington Post (blog) By Andrea Gutierrez The University of Texas at Austin has always been at the forefront of the battle to use race as a college admissions criteria, and this year is no [...]
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March 14, 2012. The Common Application for Undergraduate College Admission is accepted by 456 colleges from Adelphi to Yale, including the University of Michigan. Some colleges also require one of more supplemental essays, as described in this chart. For example, here are the supplemental essays required last year by the University of Michigan.essay Here are [...]
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Can three hours change your life, help you get admitted to your college of choice, and reduce your stress in the process? Absolutely! FOUR OPENINGS remain in this Ann Arbor, Michigan Rec and Ed Class: High school students are invited to learn how to write a winning college application essay in this two-part class that [...]
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December 6, 2011. Many schools ask a question involving diversity. For these questions, remember that diversity is about more than differences between races and cultures; it is about each person’s unique traits, experiences, and the resulting influence on one’s perspective. Universities value diversity in their admitted students because diversity outside of the classroom can broaden [...]
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November 13, 2011. What do you think about writing an essay and receiving $5,000 for your effort? Essay Coaching is proud to raise awareness concerning 14 scholarship opportunities, including two essay contests. Bookmark the following list, because the deadline on the last contest is July 31, 2012—plenty of time to apply! Cash From Cash Award [...]
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November 4, 2011. Dr. Pepper is giving away $2,500 each week to winning video stories (deadline December 31, 2011). See this week’s winner below or by visiting the Dr Pepper contest site. Need more assistance with writing your story or your college application essay? Write debbie@essaycoaching.com. We educate and motivate. You create. [Read Look at [...]
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