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Dr. Rebecca Joseph is the developer of this unique integrated website and mobile application that provides all college application requirements for more than 1,1100 major universities in the US and Canada. She has a PhD from UCLA and is a national expert on writing powerful college application essays.
2014 Indiana University and Arizona State Apps Are Up Indiana University releases first mandatory essay. Yeah.  All freshman applicants are required to submit a brief personal statement as part of the admission application. You will be asked to share any information about your background or experience that may not be […]

2014 Indiana University and Arizona State Apps Are Up

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2013-2014 Harvey Mudd Supplement Below are the writing supplement prompts that will appear on the Common Application for Harvey Mudd College: Short Answer Response- Please answer the following. (500 word limit) What influenced you to apply to Harvey Mudd College? What about the HMC curriculum and community appeals to you? […]

2013-2014 Harvey Mudd Supplement

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2014 Barnard, Colorado College, and Chapman (including Dodge) Writing Supplements The supplemental essays for Barnard, Chapman, and Colorado College remain the same as last year.  Barnard 2013-2014 Writing Supplement Answer each of these in a well-developed paragraph: (Word limits to be released with supplement. Length does not matter to admissions office). A. What […]

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2013-2014 University of Oregon and Clark Honors College Essays 2013-2014 Application Went Live on August 1 Required Freshman Essay Essay: No more than 50 lines, 500 words, or 4000 characters. Paste in. Essay Topic: The UO is interested in learning more about you. Write an essay (500 words maximum) that shares information […]

2013-2014 University of Oregon and Clark Honors College Essays

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2013-2014 Swarthmore Writing Supplement As part of the writing supplement, you will be asked to respond to the following short essay topics. 500 word limit for each. Please write about why you are interested in applying to and attending Swarthmore. (500 word limit) Swarthmore’s residential liberal arts community is shaped by […]

2013-2014 Swarthmore Writing Supplement

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Waiting, waiting, waiting for 2014 CA4 Writing Supplements We thought the CA4 had promised to release all (or even most) Writing Supplements with its new CA4 launch yesterday. No such luck. Not one was posted on August 1, 2014. So we have been busily updating the other info we can […]

Waiting, waiting, waiting for 2014 CA4 Writing Supplements

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2013-2014 Columbia Writing Supplement (will be posted on Common App in mid-August) From Columbia Admissions Website: In addition to the Common Application, applicants are asked to respond to Columbia-specific questions to tell the Admissions Committee more about their academic, extracurricular and intellectual interests. We review the responses to these questions […]

2013-2014 Columbia University Writing Supplement

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2013-2014 Writing Supplement (Thanks to CMU) 2013-2014 Carnegie Mellon Writing Supplement  1. Please submit a one page, single-spaced essay that explains why you have chosen Carnegie Mellon and your particular major(s), department(s) or program(s). This essay should include the reasons why you’ve chosen the major(s), any goals or relevant work […]

2013-2014 Carnegie Mellon Writing Supplement

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Say It Isn’t So: CA4 will not release all Writing Supplements on August 1 The Common Application committed to releasing all Writing Supplements on August 1. They wanted to make it easier for students and to control the process. Now they are taking a step back.  See what they wrote […]

Say It Isn’t So: CA4 will not release all Writing ...

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2013-2014 College of William & Mary (W&M) Optional Writing Supplement From the College of William & Mary admissions website. http://blogs.wm.edu/2013/07/07/common-application-writing-prompts-2013-2014/ “The only writing sample we require is the Common Application’s essay.  However, we do have a W&M-specific optional additional submission prompt.  It reads as follows: Beyond your impressive academic credentials […]

2013-2014 College of William & Mary (W&M) Optional Writing Supplement

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