CTK College Coach

MAY 3, 2024

It’s college essay season! Here at CTK we are opening our calendar to accept college essay students for Christina, Rachel, and Stephanie. Finally, even once the college essay is written, students have much more to do, including numerous additional (or “supplemental” essays) for individual school applications.

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Koodoos Learning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Here’s a list of do’s and don’ts to follow when writing your college admissions essays based on my time as an admissions reader: Do's. Submit the exact same essay to multiple schools. I’ve read many essays that included the wrong school name. I’ve read many essays that included the wrong school name.

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Admissions Mom

DECEMBER 22, 2023

If you only need help with the last-minute personal essay, skip this first part.) Start here: Make a list of all the essays you have to write. Organize all your essays: Organize by Why College, Why Major, Diversity, EC, Change the World, Brings You Joy, etc. Not to worry – it’s not too late! Update it daily.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 6, 2023

We’ve all been there – the deadline for your college essay is looming, and you find yourself scrambling to put together a compelling piece that will make you stand out in the admissions process. Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered with some last-minute tips to help you craft a winning college essay.

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CTK College Coach

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Fall for some people means apple picking and pumpkin lattes, but for high school seniors it means college applications. Writing the personal essay To be ready to apply to all schools, a student should have requested letters of recommendation, developed a thoughtful college list, and written the personal essay.

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 23, 2024

For the majority of students, writing the perfect college essay can be a grueling and stressful process. However, the college essay requires that students write about themselves in a way that is both positive and uplifting, but also honest and humble. College applications are very superficial. But you can do it.

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College Transitions

JANUARY 29, 2024

No matter the discipline, college success requires mastering several academic basics, including the body paragraph. This article will provide tips on drafting and editing a strong body paragraph before examining several body paragraph examples.

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SSA Online College Prep

JUNE 12, 2023

Alyssa the SAT Expert has heard tons of parents’ questions about applying to college. Can your student use one essay for all of their applications ? Here’s how to write a great essay , based on what admissions officers want to see. While your essay is important, it’s far from the most important aspect of your application!

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Great College Advice

JULY 29, 2023

What Is a Risky College Essay? In an interview that I read the other day, a former Dartmouth College admissions officer lamented the fact that students don’t take enough risks with their college essays. When a college is receiving thousands and thousands of applications from qualified students.

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 8, 2024

Why and How to Talk to a College Prep Advisor Online It’s no secret that the college admissions process is long and mind-bogglingly complicated. In today’s digital world, one great option is working with a college prep advisor online. How does online college counseling work? Another option is to read college prep blogs.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Below we’ll go into what you need to do to make the most of that 5% chance and what else you need to be doing to have a successful college application experience. Both of these things will need to be sent by your school college counselor, but you can respectfully remind your college counselor at school to send them Brown’s way.

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Admissions.Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Write your best Common App Essay: 2024-2025 Edition Here is a dirty little secret: some of the 2024-2025 Common App essay prompts will bring you down like quicksand while others give you the exact structure and framing that you need to show and tell a story that colleges will love.

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Solomon Admissions

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The college application process can be a stressful and overwhelming experience for both high school students and their parents. A Quick Guide for Parents and Students Here are a few tips to make navigating the college application process go more smoothly: Start early: The college application process takes time and effort.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

Here was my take: In the year ahead, due to the emergence and prevalence of artificial intelligence software such as ChatGPT, I expect more colleges to either drop their admission essay altogether or expand the format through which students can convey their voice and demonstrate their ability to articulate their opinions and interest.

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Great College Advice

MAY 11, 2024

Four Benefits of Online College Counseling It’s no secret that the college admissions process can be confusing, stressful, and expensive. With all the variables out there, it’s no wonder that more and more people are seeking online college counseling. What is online college counseling? That is very understandable!

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Great College Advice

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Each year, the Common Application asks students to address one of several prompts around which to build their college essay. Writing about failure can be difficult, but it also can make for an excellent college essay. Read on to learn how you can turn a failure into a successful college essay.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

JUNE 11, 2023

Some football fans may remember he was undrafted coming out of college at the University of Northern Iowa. You don’t have a few years before you apply to college—you have a few months. Instead, I’m boiling your summer college admission application playbook down to five steps. The Common Application essay prompts are posted.

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Admissions Mom

AUGUST 17, 2023

So here’s the deal: after reading thousands of essays over the last couple of years, I know you have it in you to write a strong, heartfelt, personal, personal essay. So, I’m sharing with you the exact steps I use with my own students to get them to dig down and find their amazing essay inside. It’s there. I promise.

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 9, 2023

But what you do next will determine whether you have a successful college admissions experience. Cornell does not publish admissions statistics quickly, if at all, as of the 2019-2020 college admissions season. And once you’re done, it’s time to get to (or resume) work on your regular decision college essays.

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In this post, we’ll dig into what a deferral from Princeton really means, what to do to increase your chances of an acceptance in the regular decision round, and what else you need to be working on to ensure you have a successful college admissions experience. In total, we recommend most students apply to 8-10 colleges.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 31, 2023

How Much Does College Counseling Cost? What is college counseling? How much does college counseling cost? These are important questions for parents of college-bound kids. As the college application process has gotten more complex and more competitive, the amount of support for college applicants has blossomed.

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The college application process can feel like it slogs on forever, and it would have been really nice to have an acceptance to a top-tier school under your belt — or even to be done altogether if you’d applied Early Decision. We work with outstanding students, helping them chart a path to a dream college experience. But UChicago is!

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 1, 2023

COLLEGE LIST The news you probably didn’t want but knew was coming: you have to apply to more schools. A college town? ESSAYS Now you have your list, which means you have your list of ~ supplemental essays ~ to write. Most schools use some variation of the same two questions, a community essay and a why essay.

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The Koppelman Group

MAY 7, 2024

If you want to go to college in California but aren’t sure how to get there, send us an email. Courses + Grades Whether you are or aren’t an international student, the UC schools have very stringent college preparation requirements for applicants. This will give you tons of time to draft, edit, and refine. Let’s break it down.

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College Admissions Partners

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The 2023 edition of our book, BS/MD Programs:The Complete Guide is now available on Amazon. This is the most recent edition of our book and is updated to include information on all of the current BS/MD and BS/DO programs in the country. The print book is available at this time. The Kindle version should be available in a few weeks.

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 1, 2023

Pomona College, located in Claremont, California, is a small, prestigious liberal arts college known for having one of the lowest acceptance rates among liberal arts schools, at 7%. Pomona has three essay prompts, an academic one, a short-response, and a “long-response” (which is only 250 words). That’s enough for $1.5

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Admissions Mom

DECEMBER 22, 2022

If you only need help with the last-minute personal essay skip this first part.). Start here: Make a list of all the essays you have to write. Organize all your essays: by Why College, Why Major, Diversity, EC, Change the World, Brings you Joy, etc. Remember these essays are just as much about you as they are the school.

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Admissions Mom

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Be sure to preview your essays after loading them into the app, and see that the spacing is the way you want it. Chrome will automatically bold your essays and add an extra paragraph space between paragraphs. Read your essays OUT LOUD — to someone else if possible. That’s where you need to edit. Listen and feel for bumps.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

JUNE 30, 2023

This will let you easily edit and change the order of the activities before you copy the final version into the Common App. Colleges do not care about what you did in middle school unless it continued during high school.) College admissions officers understand that the number of hours and weeks spent on an activity is an estimate.

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Peterson's Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

Are You Taking Advantage of Peterson’s Essay Review? With a 3- or 6-month subscription , Peterson’s test prep members can access one Essay Review per month. The post What is Peterson’s Essay Review? Getting Started is Easy! Click on the ‘Connect With a Tutor’ button. You can sign up here !

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CTK College Coach

JUNE 24, 2022

Writing the college essay is one of the most daunting tasks high school students face in applying to college. It is so important, and it feels like an impossible task: write an essay that will show how amazing you are without saying, that’s right, how amazing you are. What is the personal essay or Common App essay?

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Solomon Admissions

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The college application process can be an extremely anxious time for every student. Don’t #2: Copy and Paste It's okay to use the same essays and responses for multiple schools but be absolutely sure you are reading and editing your writing so that it is geared toward the correct school.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Over the years, I have tried to shine a light on what people often misunderstand in the college admission experience. Even after the standard details, college applications include sections with lots of lines and boxes that ask you to provide details about what you have done outside the classroom. It’s definitely form-y. Think about it.

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 16, 2024

News & World Report recently released their Best Graduate Schools 2024 edition, which includes numerous rankings by category: Best Business Schools, Best Law Schools, Best Medical Schools: Research, Best Engineering Schools, and Best Education Schools, to name a few. Brandeis just pushed out of the top 100 though, sinking from 84 to 107.

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Berkeley² Academy

MAY 4, 2024

The school’s 15 colleges and instructional units, over 150 undergraduate programs , and 5,000+ courses, ensure that UIUC stands out—especially for its top-ranked business, engineering, and computer science programs. The Krannert Center is part of the College of Fine & Applied Arts and serves as a hub for music, dance, and theater.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

AUGUST 9, 2023

Over the last few months, I have come to realize that ChatGPT and other generative AI tools can be a great resource for helping students identify and expand their college search. Try entering this prompt: “Provide a list of other colleges like (insert school here).” Not bad, right? Here is some of that insight. “I

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University Gurus

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Hey there future college star! If you’re embarking on the college application journey, you know how overwhelming it can get. One misstep in your essay, and it’s a one-way ticket to the “maybe” pile. Remember, admissions officers read thousands of essays – make yours stand out right from the start.

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