College Essay Guy

MAY 16, 2023

The Common App is built to, hopefully, make the process easier. So in this guide, we’re going to walk you through what you need to understand about how to use the Common App, including common questions and mistakes, to bring a bit more ease to your application process. When does the Common App open?

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Anna Ivey Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

Choosing the Right Essay Topics 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. WEEK 31 TO-DOS THIS WEEK Choose your topic for each question on your Writing Map. So you’re really going to be choosing 4-8 topics.

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Admissions.Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As one can see from the image above, the Common App is also maintaining its optional COVID-19 short essay question. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

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Admissions.Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Cornell University in Ithaca, New York is the first Ivy League college to officially released its 2023-2024 supplemental essay prompts for first-year applicants. Cornell University 2023-2024 Supplemental Essay Prompts College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Required: Why are you drawn to studying the major you have selected?

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The Koppelman Group

MAY 7, 2024

However, there is a shared application that is separate from the Common App. There are also a shared set of requirements and expectations — which is why we are addressing the nine schools here as one group. Your takeaway from this should be to not be too fixated on acceptance rates. Let’s break it down.

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Admissions.Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

Rice University in Houston, Texas has decided to add a new essay requirement to its first-year application that explicitly mentions race just weeks after The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that colleges can no longer admit students on the on the basis of race. 2023-2024 Rice Supplemental Essay Prompts 1. of Oral Arg.

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Admissions.Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

Every year students ask me the same question: “How long should my Common Application essay be?” ” I am never shy about providing them with the response that best summarizes how they need to approach both the Common Application essay and the Common Application in general: “Go Big or Go Home!”

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The Koppelman Group

JANUARY 5, 2024

That’s not a lot of spots for potential transfers, which means you need to prepare a really strong application, and that starts as soon as you start college. One year is pretty standard, and they don’t accept dual-enrollment or one-semester students, which is also pretty standard. That means you need excellent grades.

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Admissions.Blog

JULY 22, 2023

Yale is the second Ivy League college to officially release its 2023-2024 supplemental essay prompts for first-year applicants. Dartmouth released its supplemental prompts earlier this month. This year’s Yale supplemental prompts are a mix of new and old questions. Why are you drawn to it?

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 29, 2023

This means you need to be on your A-game and create an application that sets you apart from the small, yet talented, applicant pool. You can also transfer up to 64 credits (also unique!) However, for your major, you should take things that fit into your niche. This means you need to do really well in your classes.

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Great College Advice

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How do you choose the best Common App essay topic? However, a good Common Application essay has two critical elements. First, it must tell an interesting story in which you are the main character (the protagonist!). Second, you (the author!)

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Great College Advice

JUNE 30, 2023

Write a Great Common App Essay on Personal Growth Common App Essay Prompt 5 asks you to “discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.” But really, this prompt wants a before-and-after.

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Admissions.Blog

JULY 31, 2023

New York University has all new supplemental essay prompt options for first-year applicants to choose from as they decide whether or not to submit an optional 250-word essay as part of their Common Application when applying to the private university, which now has comprehensive campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

In this blog post, you’ll learn how to write the supplemental essays in a way that demonstrates your individual personality beyond test scores and grades so that you can stand out among the other applicants and get into MIT. As a result, there is no Common App essay to submit to MIT, but instead a series of MIT-specific shorter essays.

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Loading up on courses that don't fit the narrative won't do you any favors, except for those obligatory ones from your current school. Get Really Good Grades While Hamilton claims they don't mandate a specific GPA, they do suggest that applicants should aim for at least a 3.3 Write Good Essays Hamilton has so. Let’s discuss.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In the meantime, please let us know how we can help you crack the college admissions code. You can also learn more about our 1-on-1 college admissions support here. It might surprise you to know Houston also possesses the second-largest theater district in the country (following Broadway in New York City). Who gets into Rice?

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 9, 2024

Whether it’s a lack of course offerings in your chosen major or a party scene that makes you want to hide in your room, your current college may not be “the one.” Keep your goal in mind: finding a better fit and a college experience that will help you meet your goals. A number of schools offer both spring (often Oct.-Nov.

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Great College Advice

JULY 25, 2023

How will you write your college extracurricular activity essay? The Common Application used to ask you to “elaborate” on one of your extracurricular activities in 150 words. Now this essay is not quite as common. At least it is no long required on the Common App. Seems impossible, right? “How

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In this blog post, you’ll learn how to write the MIT supplemental essays in a way that demonstrates your individual personality beyond test scores and grades so that you can stand out among the other 34,000 annual applicants to MIT. This often stresses out potential applicants already writing supplemental essays and a Common App.

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Brand College Consulting

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The Common Application is a website that allows over 2 million students to apply to over 900 colleges each year, using one platform. It requires one general Common App essay that is then sent to any colleges using the app. Students chose from seven different prompts to write this one essay.

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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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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The faculty, staff, and students of Boston University hail from 50 states and over 150 countries, but all share a common passion to pursue knowledge and embrace possibilities. Outside of classes, students gather at many different spots around campus, including the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. And after Boston University?

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Stanford, MIT), you may be encouraging them to apply to the MIT of the West Coast: Caltech (or the California Institute of Technology). Stanford, MIT), you may be encouraging them to apply to the MIT of the West Coast: Caltech (or the California Institute of Technology). Your guide is on its way.

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The Koppelman Group

JULY 22, 2023

Colgate is both test and supplement optional, which is probably why they had a huge increase in the number of applicants over the last three years. Before you start thinking, “ Gee, time to send off my app with little to no work! ” With a 12% acceptance rate, you’re gonna have to write an essay or three.

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

These schools share an application portal and don’t use the Common App or the Coalition App. As a result, their essay prompts are unique. In this blog post, we’ll break down the UC essay prompts so that you have the tools to nail your application. Describe how you express your creative side.

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College Essay Guy

JULY 13, 2023

Because of a pretty common (and potentially damaging) misconception, we wanted to write a post drilling down into college application essay topics, and especially the use (or maybe more like “misuse”) of the word “topic.” Your topic is you. Which means those “best” topics are going to be different for everyone.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

If you are looking for Minnesota nice, you might be thinking about applying to Macalester. However, they have changed some of their prompts since then. All of their essay questions are optional. However, we would highly recommend everyone write at least 2 of the four prompts. Paul, Minnesota. If so, in what ways?

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The Koppelman Group

AUGUST 26, 2023

It welcomes the free spirit (its “open curriculum” means you have no core requirements), and there’s no shortage of academic options despite its size and rural location. Amherst is test-optional but does have a mandatory writing supplement, and with such competitive admissions, it’s important that you nail this portion of your application.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Bowdoin is part of the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium, an athletic conference and interlibrary exchange with Bates College and Colby College (you probably called that one,) sometimes also called the “Maine Big Three.” So competitive, that you might be asking yourself, “How do you get into Bowdoin?” Let’s talk about it.

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The Koppelman Group

JANUARY 27, 2024

Keep reading for our tips and tricks to have the most competitive transfer application to Vassar as you can. Vassar’s Requirements Are you eligible to apply as a transfer to Vassar? “If If you have earned a high school diploma or GED and have enrolled at a college or university, you will be considered a transfer applicant.”

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The Koppelman Group

JULY 10, 2023

The number one question we get from students about the additional information section of the Common App boils down to what is this, some kind of trick? You get to choose, individual will is dank, let freedom ring, etcetera. If you really don’t have to, how do you know when you should anyway?

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

As a prestigious liberal arts and Ivy League institution, Brown University has high expectations from its applicants regarding the quality of their written essays. However, these supplemental essays are by no means unapproachable. In this article, we will guide you through how to write the Brown University supplemental essays.

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The Koppelman Group

JANUARY 23, 2024

No wonder you want to transfer!! Pick the Right Classes Williams doesn’t list out the classes you need to take in order to be admitted, but we know from experience how to build out your classes in a smart, thoughtful way to help your application. And maaaaybe don't sign up for classes you already know you'll struggle with.

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The Koppelman Group

JULY 24, 2023

So, kid, you wanna apply to the University of Texas at Austin? Note: although this blog is not a car commercial, we’d still like you to imagine the iconic rumble of a Matthew McConaughey voiceover here). The overall admit rate is 32%, which means the percentage of students living outside of Texas who get in is even lower.

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HelloCollege

OCTOBER 6, 2022

you start the college application process, you’ll have to gather relevant information about yourself to show colleges your unique qualifications. While filling out this information is important, you should pay special attention to your personal statement. How Should You Structure Your Personal Statement?

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 30, 2022

In this post, we’ll dive into applying for transfer to the two most common UMich colleges for transfer, which also conveniently share an application: the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and the College of Engineering. If you are interested in transferring to another college at UMich, you’ll need to apply to them directly.

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The Koppelman Group

JANUARY 15, 2024

Don’t fear, we have some tips for you to maximize your transfer app! You simply have to have one semester under your belt! Pick the Right Classes If you know you want to transfer to Smith, there are things you can do in terms of choosing your classes that can help boost your application. All of them!

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