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June Updates-Many More Colleges Go Test Optional We are rapidly updating our site and tracking major test optional shifts. Here are some examples from the As and Bs. A big shout out goes to FairTest at fairest.org. Check out our website for more. www.allcollegeessays.org Amherst is now test optional for the […]

June Updates-Many More Test Optional Colleges

June 3, 2020 in Weekly College Application Tips tagged admissions essays / all college application essays / class of 2021 / class of 2025 / college admissions / college application / college application essays / Common Application / personal statements / seniors. / test optional / test-optional colleges by Rebecca

Dartmouth released fabulous Fall 2019 application year supplemental writing prompts. They are great brainstorming prompts for all college applicants. Here are two. Check our our site for the rest. A. “I have no special talent,” Albert Einstein once observed. “I am only passionately curious.” Celebrate your curiosity. B. The Hawaiian […]

Dartmouth Class of 2023 Writing Prompts

June 17, 2018 in Weekly College Application Tips tagged 2019 All College Application Essays / albert einstein / apply to college / class of 2019 / class of 2023 / college application / college application essay / dartmouth college / donald glover / hawaii / maya angelou / write / writing prompt / Writing Supplement by Rebecca

Dartmouth College 2017-2018 Writing Supplement

July 29, 2017 in Weekly College Application Tips tagged albert einstein / college application / college applications / dartmouth / dartmouth college / dumbledore / olympics / rebecca joseph / shonda rhimes / Writing Supplement by Rebecca

Rice and Princeton release PDFs of 2016 Supplements

July 3, 2015 in Weekly College Application Tips tagged all college application essays / class of 2016 / class of 2020 / college application / Princeton University / Rice University / universal application / Writing Supplement by Rebecca

The Powerful College Application #Selfie

December 11, 2014 in Weekly College Application Tips tagged all college essays / college / college application / college application essays / harvard / high school seniors / huffington post / Yale by Rebecca

The Common Application is the online application program that serves more than 500 colleges. It changed dramatically last year and had challenges for all users. Perhaps the change in leadership will not only make the application easier but also its communication with and respect for others.

New Common Application Leadership

February 27, 2014 in Weekly College Application Tips tagged college application / college applications / Common Application / naviance / universal application by Rebecca

By Rebecca Joseph Here is my latest blog from The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-joseph/editing-college-application-essays_b_4105569.html Recently, I saw a private coach inside a Starbucks using a thesaurus to help a high school senior make a college application essay sound “more mature.” Another counselor encouraged one of my students to write about a […]