Category: Applications & Essays
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Common Application Launches Mobile App
The Common Application has launched its new Common App for mobile. Aspiring college students can now search for Common App member colleges, request recommendations, compose and review essays, and submit their applications through the mobile app. Common App for mobile is free and available to download on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.…
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Résumés continue to add value in the college admissions process
Many high school students wonder if it’s worth the time and energy to create a resume for college admissions and scholarship applications. For many students, the answer is yes! Resumes can be helpful for strong teacher and counselor recommendations, college admission interviews, and scholarship applications. Also, many colleges will accept resumes as part of the…
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Timeless Tips For College Application Essay Writing
Many applicants lose sight of the basics when drafting admissions essays. This essential advice from English author Evelyn Waugh’s letter to American author Thomas Merton on Aug. 13, 1948, as quoted in Mary Frances Coady’s “Merton and Waugh: A Monk, a Crusty Old Man & The Seven Storey Mountain” (2015), and reported in the Wall…
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Admissions Secret: Character Counts
Case Study: Two similarly qualified students applied to a well-regarded college. Both applications were solid, but neither was extraordinary. Both candidates were “qualified.” Now, check out the application essays. Candidate #1 took a self-confident approach and modestly boasted about this academic and extra-curricular achievements. He wrote that he was proud to have “taken advantage” of…