Also known as the College Specific Supplement, the Supplemental Questions to the Common Application give students an opportunity to tell admissions officers exactly why they want to attend their school. They also give schools the ability to differentiate themselves from other colleges and universities also using the Common Application (which is designed to be…”common”). Here ...…
Every year, many of my students have some difficulty with the UC essay prompts. I decided to make a video to talk about some of the most common questions my students have about the UC prompts and how I answer them. Answering UC Essay Prompts 1 & 2…
Personal Statement Formatting Part III How Not To End Your Personal Statement Essay Endings can often be as difficult to write as beginnings of essays. Many students feel they need to end their personal statement essay with a standard conclusion, some sort of summary to their story. Still others feel they need to overcompensate for ...…
How to Respond to the UC Essay Prompts Many students are quite interested in applying to one or many of the campuses within the University of California system (or the “UC system” for short). That’s not too surprising as 6 of the 9 campuses (UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, ...…
Personal Statements 101 – Help for Newbies When I first meet with families and students, they always ask about the college essay, aka “the personal statement.” Fears and questions run the gamut. Some students elude topic altogether and are in denial that they will need to write one. Others just have no idea how to ...…
Common College Application Mistakes Each year my students tend to fall for the same mistakes when filling out college applications. Because the UC, Common Application, and many others have not yet revealed their 2011-2012 Fall application, I will base these mistakes on past years’ applications. Most will still apply for the next application season, do ...…
Personal Statement Format Part II Personal Statement Essay Structure Many students fail to understand that there really should not be a structure or format to their personal statement essays. Students feel they should write an essay using the standard 5 paragraph format they use for their English papers or their SAT/ACT essays. They want to ...…
Personal Statement Sample Following up on examples of how to begin and end your personal statement, I wanted to post another great beginning and ending from one of my private counseling students. BEGINNING I am not scared of heights, crowds, closed spaces, spiders, or snakes. My pulse hardly quickens when I get up on stage ...…
Great Personal Statement Example How to Begin & End Your Essay Sometimes it’s easier to understand how to write a personal statement by reading through some good examples. I am not giving these 3 examples so that anyone can use them for themselves. This is just a good way to see how the lessons you’ve ...…
Personal Statement Essay Format How Not to Begin Many students get stuck trying to figure out how to begin their personal statement essay. They feel they should write an essay using the standard 5 paragraph format they use for their English paper or their SAT/ACT essays. They want to use an introduction that ends in ...…