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Annie Dillard is one of the great artisans of nonfiction writing; she’s perhaps best-known for her 1979 essay about witnessing an eclipse. Dillard is also the author of a short… Continue reading "Essay Writing Tips from Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life"
A recent research working paper suggests a surprisingly easy way to level the playing field in college admissions: “take the SAT early and often.” According to a new study, author Sahil… Continue reading "How to boost your SAT score as a disadvantaged student: report"
One of writing’s great paradoxes is that it sometimes takes several drafts before your work actually resembles your own voice. We often have this romantic idea that writing is a… Continue reading "Writing a Great College Application Essay: The Importance of Voice"
In January, the Common Application announced that the essay prompts for the 2018-2019 admission year will remain unchanged. What does this mean for this fall’s applicants? The Common App continues to value… Continue reading "The Common App Prompts DON’T Matter (or Do They?)"
Would you like to know how different types of colleges, whether it’s an Ivy League or Liberal Arts school, evaluate student applications? Or wonder what the estimated 25th to 75th… Continue reading "Get your free downloadable College Admissions Process poster here"
In last week’s post, we talked about the application essay as an episode of a TV show with distinct scenes that propel it forwards. Depending on the essay, this might… Continue reading "Writing a Great College Application Essay: Brainstorming with Structure in Mind"
If you are planning to take the SAT on Aug. 25, and missed the July 27 registration deadline, you still have time to secure your spot. Register by mail until… Continue reading "Register by Aug. 15 to take the SAT"
In a recently published article, Forbes shared a list of 14 U.S. colleges with generous financial aid packages for international students. Forbes includes colleges that offer either need-aware or need-blind aid… Continue reading "14 colleges that are generous to international students: report"
There’s an old, old piece of writing advice that you may have heard: “show, don’t tell.” It’s fairly sound advice, by and large, but since it’s often simply repeated to… Continue reading "Writing a Great College Application Essay: Revising with Vivid Details"
The petition to rescore the June SAT surpassed its original goal of 25,000 signatures less than two weeks after the petition went live. Affected students continue to speak out on social media.… Continue reading "College Board adamant June SAT will not be rescored"
