Bring out your best in college admissions essays

  October 18, 2011. If you are applying to college, you have certainly heard:   “What do you want to do? What are you interested in?” You don’t have to know what you want to do when you write your college application essay.  You simply have to know what you care about, what you’ve done about [...]

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September 13, 2011.  If you are applying to college, take five minutes and watch the video below, even though you may not be applying to Yale.  Marcia Landesman, a Yale Admissions Officer, eloquently describes what Yale is looking for in an essay. She says to make your essay specific, use an anecdote, have a point, [...]

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August 23, 2011. “The calendar may say August, but it is not too early to begin thinking about—and working on—college applications,” says Peter Van Buskirk in U.S. News and World Report.  His six steps for getting organized are: 1. Develop a timeline, 2. Create a college spreadsheet, 3. Establish a filing system for application materials, [...]

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August 10, 2011 I agree with Susan: Susan Warner, an independent college counselor, said she believed an application essay should be about the student, not about an activity. “Parents always ask, ‘What should my child do this summer to assist in the college application?’ ” Ms. Warner said. “I tell them it’s as significant to [...]

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