I witnessed an Aha moment by a parent I spoke with last week about her son's college application essays. She asked what the goal was with the personal essay. After some back and forth, I realized what the misconceptions were.
52 Weeks to College: Week 33
52 Weeks to College: Week 31
Now that you have your strategy, have done all your pre-work, and prepared your Writing Map, it’s time to choose topics for your writing. The best way to ensure that you produce compelling essays is to choose the right topics for those essays, and that’s what you’re going to do this week using our tips and tricks.
52 Weeks to College: Week 30
Now that the Common App is open for the coming application cycle, it’s time to work on your Writing Map! Yes, one more thing before you start writing.
“Work smarter, not harder,” is one of the strategies that we encourage students to use, but there is a risk that you might get so focused on minimizing your work that you sabotage yourself.