Rebecca

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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.
2013-2014 Tufts Writing Supplement Class of 2018 Thanks to Tufts for updating its supplemental essays. Three of the essays are new and all give great chances for students to share unique new stories and essays. http://admissions.tufts.edu/apply/essay-questions/ Here what Tufts has to say: “When you visit the Common Application website to […]

2013-2014 Tufts Writing Supplement

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2013-2014 ELON APPLICATION features new Think Fasts and Long Essay Prompts. Think Fast The Admissions Committee enjoys getting to know Elon applicants. Please answer the following statements in no more than two sentences: What would you consider to be your greatest accomplishment? What is the best piece of advice you […]

2013-2014 Elon Application Essays

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UNC 2013-2014 Writing Supplement  After much discussion among the admissions committee, we’ve now selected the essay prompts for the 2013-2014 first-year application. We hope they will inspire you to write an essay that will help us understand who you are, how you think, and what you might contribute to the […]

2013-2014 University of North Carolina (UNC) Writing Supplement

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2013-2014  University of Pennsylvania Writing Supplement Thanks to Penn’s Dean Furda for the best advice possible for Penn’s supplements specifically and college specific supplements in general. You need to envision your four year path…”what can you build and create” individually and collaboratively with other students, professors, community members ?  You […]

2013-2014 University of Pennsylvania Writing Supplement and Best College Supplement ...

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The University of Richmond’s on June 14 released its  2013-2014 Writing Supplement and Tips For Writing It. We copy directly from its Admissions Blog–http://admissionblog.richmond.edu/ Tom Nicholas, Senior Assistant Director of Admission, writes:  “In light of these new (Common Application) questions – all of which, directly or indirectly, get at the same […]

2013-2014 University of Richmond Writing Supplement Plus Blog Tips

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UVA Freshmen 2013-2014 Application Essay Questions  This is what UVA just released as their two required supplemental questions options along with their intriguing introduction. http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2013/06/2013-2014-application-essay-questions.html “Students love hearing about our favorite essays and after I rattle off a few examples or quotes, they inevitably what to know about how we […]

2013-2014 University of Virginia Writing Supplement

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Every year, the University of Chicago asks applicants to write an additional long essay. Their prompts are some of the most creative around. They can often spark a great essay that applicants can use somewhere else or that even can become their common application long essays. Here is the full […]

2013-2014 University of Chicago Writing Supplement-#CA4 Version

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Last Saturday, Dr. Joseph and Juan Chavez, a first gen freshman at UC Riverside, shared strategies at East Side Stories at Roosevelt High School in east LA about helping teachers and college access advocates embed college application and scholarship essay writing strategies into their high school English classes. These autobiographical […]

Application Essays As Powerful Counter-Narratives

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