Schools like Yale, UC Berkeley, and many public universities ask their applicants questions about diversity. While this question is most common in graduate school applications, it does come up in… read more →
Applying for college scholarships can feel like a daunting task. It can take some searching to find scholarships that interest you, and even more time to actually send in the… read more →
ANNOUNCING A NEW SERIES: Check out these weekly tips from Essay Coaching! A new tip appears every Tuesday on Twitter @DebMerion, and on our Facebook page. You can also find… read more →
Tired of racking your brain to create some ideas for a strong college application essay? At a workshop held on Thursday, June 2, 2016, students at Community High School in… read more →
College bound high schoolers: starting to think about applying to college? Make room on your desk next to the Common Application for a new college application from the Coalition for… read more →
March 20, 2016. College scholarships can take some digging. We’ve included thirty-two of them in this blog, a group worth a total of $96,000. If you are a college applicant… read more →
Thinking of either the University of Michigan or Michigan State as an option for college? Read on. Despite the fact that I call Ann Arbor home (and for complete disclosure,… read more →
What do you think of this new Essay Coaching cartoon? The idea came from seeing so many parents (and being one of those parents) who try their hardest to launch… read more →
Some people love the “gap year” idea (a year without formal schooling between high school and college). Others say, “Nose to the grindstone! Get it done!” Fortunately for our daughter… read more →
The Common Application has announced that the 2016-2017 personal statement essay prompts will be the same as the 2015-2016 prompts. With these questions in hand, high school juniors can now… read more →