Four Tips for Displaying Teamwork in Your Application Essays
Teamwork – and its close cousin leadership – are highly prized by graduate programs and universities. But if you haven’t…
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Admissions Tip: Be Yourself!
Psst! How would you like to know the one thing that admissions committee members really want from applicants? Here it…
Four Ways to Highlight Your Strengths in Your Application Essays
One of the most important pieces of advice you will ever learn regarding your personal statements and application essays is…
Writing an Essay Lead That Pops
How many times have you sampled the first few lines of a book and decided, “Nah, this isn’t for me”?…
Writing Your Career Goals Essay
Check out all the blog posts in this series: Identifying the Ingredients of a Winning Essay Finding a Theme for…
Finding a Theme for Your Statement of Purpose
Check out all the blog posts in this series: Identifying the Ingredients of a Winning Essay Finding a Theme for…
Starting Your Application Essay: Three Tips
If you haven’t yet read the other blog posts in this series, go ahead and check them out: Identifying the…
Revise and Polish Your Application Essays
Check out all the blog posts in this series: Identifying the Ingredients of a Winning Essay Finding a Theme for…
The Resilience Factor: How Flaws and Failures Can Strengthen Your Application
A speaker recently told a story about traveling in Asia, where he saw a stunning emerald. Enchanted by the stone’s…
Strategy for Writing an Accomplishment Essay (with examples)
Maybe you’re familiar with macros – the nutrients your body needs to function. Achieving the proper balance of macros leads…
Get Off That Waitlist!
Landing on a school’s waitlist can be disappointing and even nerve-racking. As a result, waitlisted applicants sometimes let their anxiety…
Three Ways Writing About Obstacles Strengthens Your Application Essays
Applicants love to write about their accomplishments, whether in a personal statement for graduate school or in a b-school essay that…
12 Reflections on Teacher Recommendations
Teacher recommendations are an important part of your college application at many schools, with most requiring one or two letters…
Six Last-Minute Common Application Tips— 2023-2024
It’s November, and we are starting down the home stretch of the college application season. We are entering the regular…
Tips for Answering the University of California System Personal Insight Questions [2023 – 2024]
The University of California System consists of ten schools on separate campuses – commonly known as the UCs – that…
Tips for Answering the University of Pennsylvania Supplemental Essay Prompts [2023 – 2024]
The University of Pennsylvania, or Penn, was established in 1790 and is one of the oldest universities in America. This…
Three Mistakes Successful College Applicants Don’t Make
Avoiding preventable mistakes is the best way to improve your outcome in the increasingly competitive college admissions process. The preparation…
Three Don’ts When Asking for Letters of Recommendation
The individuals who agree to write your letters of recommendation (LORs) are doing you a favor, so the least you…
Ask Away at Your Admissions Interview!
Have you been invited to interview at the grad school of your choice? Great news! This means the program is…
Tips for Answering the University of Chicago Supplemental Essay Prompts [2023-2024]
Question 1 (Required) How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular…