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Common Application Member Pages or Writing Supplements When the 2014-2015 The Common Application is released this Friday, applicants will find supplemental essays in two potential places: the college’s Member Page or a separate Writing Supplement. The 2014-2015 Universal Application is exclusively using supplements. All College Application Essays will continue to […]

Member Pages or Writing Supplements

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From the Common Application Website The Common Application will retain the current set of first-year essay prompts for 2014-15, without any edits or additions. The essay length will continue to be capped at 650 words. The feedback received from member colleges and school counselors has been positive. The essay prompts will be reviewed on […]

2014-2015 Common Application Prompts Stay the Same As 2013-2014

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2013-2014 Stanford Writing Supplement  1. Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences. (Required, 150 word limit, Paste in text box) 2. Please respond to the following seven inquiries so we can get to know you better. Do not feel compelled to use complete sentences.  1. Name your favorite […]

2013-2014 Stanford Writing Supplement

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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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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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The Writing Sections of The 2013-2014 Common Application The Common App just released the format of the Writing Sections sections. This information won’t challenge kids as they won’t know what came before. But these changes will take counselors a while to adapt to. In addition to what they released today, while […]

Supplements to Become Writing Supplements in New Common App

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Positive Feedback is Fabulous I’ve been working on my app for such a long time that receiving unexpected praise makes it all worthwhile. I received this email last week: “Thanks so much. I love your website and your iPhone App: All College Application Essays. I was sitting in a session at NACAC […]

Positive Feedback Is Fabulous

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Powerful Deferral Update Letters or Emails: If you were deferred from your top choice college, it is not over. You can write a powerful letter or email to your admissions representative about your first semester and all other noteworthy news of your accomplishments since you submitted your application last fall. […]

Powerful Deferral Update Letters or Emails

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Follow Dr. J’s Into, Through, & Beyond Approach: Brainstorming Tip #8 Your essay needs to grab readers from the first word. You are competing for the fleeting attention of admissions officers who have dozens if  not hundreds or thousands of essays and files to process. So don’t waste their precious […]

Follow Dr. J’s Into, Through, & Beyond Approach: Brainstorming Tip ...

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College Application Essay Tip #9: Get Trusted People to Read Your Essays Tip 9. Have trusted inside and impartial outside readers read your essays. Make sure you have no spelling or grammatical errors.

College Application Essay Tip #9: Get Trusted People to Read ...

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