A lot of the best ways to get into college today are counterintuitive. What feels safe is risky. And what feels risky is often the surest way to get in. The riskiest way to write a college essay is to try and write what you think the admissions committee wants to hear. You'll end up […]
Read More >Tips for Stanford University applicants: you need a little panache
Today, I'm offering up advice for our 30th and final college of "30 Colleges, 30 Collegewise Guides to Getting In." And I want to end strong. I want to go out with some flair. A little verve, if you will. So let me ask you this. Have you ever seen the Stanford band perform? If […]
Read More >Essay advice for University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill applicants
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC) is obviously trying to get to know their applicants. With multiple essay questions on a variety of topics, students who thoughtfully consider the prompts will have plenty of opportunities to share some revealing stories about themselves. Here are a few tips to help you do that. Short-answer Questions Complete […]
Read More >Badgers to Be: Tips for University of Wisconsin-Madison applicants
At some large universities, the highest numbers win the admissions game. They'll plug your grades and test scores into a formula and let the computer decide who gets in. But University of Wisconsin-Madison comes right out and tells you on their website that they don't use formulas and that they read every application. That means […]
Read More >A tip for Skidmore College applicants–get pithy
I've written several articles as part of this series describing how to handle essays that ask why you're applying to the school, or how you believe you will contribute once you get there. The most important advice I've given is to be specific and personal. Inject enough detail so nobody else can write the same […]
Read More >Advice for Gettysburg College applicants
We're always telling our Collegewise students that every essay question on a college application is there for a reason. And for applicants to Gettysburg College, this essay question is no exception. "Gettysburg College students are engaged learners and 'make a difference' both on and off campus through their academic and extracurricular activities. Describe a situation […]
Read More >For Boston University applicants: A little essay advice
You only have two essays to write, one short and one long, on the Boston University application. In fact, the short essay is only 5-6 sentences (which really qualifies more as a paragraph than it does a short essay). It's important to make the most of that limited opportunity to help the BU admissions committee […]
Read More >Essay advice for University of Chicago applicants
I've never known a school whose application reflects its personality better than that of the University of Chicago. Even when they moved to the Common Application two years ago (and jettisoned their beloved "Uncommon Application"), Chicago's supplemental essay questions are still the same sort of intellectual, thoughtful and just plain quirky prompts we've come to […]
Read More >Essay advice for Villanova University applicants
I'll say this about Villanova University–their admissions office has guts. The supplemental essay prompt for Villanova on the Common Application is one that virtually guarantees their admissions officers will have to spend hours reading cliche college essays. But the truly thoughtful applicants who really take the time to consider the prompt and to write a […]
Read More >Washington State University applicants should consider recycling
Before I give you my tips for Washington State applicants, I have to start with two disclaimers. Disclaimer #1: Washington State University is not the same as Oregon State University. (As you can tell, we're professionals.) Disclaimer #2: We don't usually recommend that students blatantly recycle their essay responses, unchanged, at multiple colleges. But what […]
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