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The Harvard Supplement: Or, How to Write About Books Part 1
This post specifically addresses the Harvard application essay for 2011-2012, but this discussion focuses mainly on writing about books. I continue this for several subsequent posts and give a...
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Starting Your College Application Essays For 2012-2013: The Four Types
Yes, folks, it’s time to get your essays started. If you think that this is premature because most universities haven’t yet released their applications for next year, I simply point to the Common...
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Starting A Book Or Intellectual Experience Essay: An Example Of How To Look...
I have previously put up posts with detailed information on intellectual and book essays–see the links and table of contents in the first column/post of this website. These posts will also appear...
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Topic Generator #1 For The Problem Essay and The Essay On What You Care About
Many universities use application essay prompts that ask you to write about either a problem of some kind or something you care about. I encourage my clients to try to come up with at least one...
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Yale and Harvard Application Essays for 2012-2013: The Coquette and the Copycat
Note to readers: First of all, if you are reading this in December of 2013, this was written for last year’s apps; on the other hand, much of what I say still applies to Harvard as well as to other...
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The Stanford Supplement for 2012-2013: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again
In this post, after an opening discussion on how to approach any supplement with both short answer and essay responses, including advice on dealing with electronic submissions, I will begin analyzing...
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Ivy League Round Up: The Brown, Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth And Amherst...
This will be my final update for the 2013-2014 application season. With the early rush over, I have a few editing slots open going into the last weekend of December; if you have one or more...
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Scoop! Princeton’s Application Essays for 2015-2016
Otherwise known as application essays for the class of 2020. I cannot resist scooping my peers and competitors by getting the Princeton prompts up first, so here they are. While Princeton has not...
View ArticleThe Harvard Supplement: Or, How to Write About Books Part 1
This post specifically addresses a Harvard application essay about a book, but this discussion is on writing about books in general. The advice here is also good for the 2015-2016 Princeton prompt on...
View ArticleHow to Write the Princeton University Supplemental Essays for 2019-2020–Tips...
This post covers how to write successful Princeton University Supplemental essays for the 2019-2020 application year. I include a review of the history of these prompts, the writing situation, and...
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