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Year: 2019
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The Common Application Prompts for 2019-2020 appear under the theme “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Yes, that’s right, the Common App folks are not changing their prompts this year. That does not mean, however, that it is a good idea to copy verbatim ideas in your older sibling/friend/ghost writer’s old essays, much less…
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It’s time to look at application shenanigans as well as to analyze GT’s supplemental essay for this year. Below I offer a long opening discussion and some helpful links, and then take a look at how to write this year’s Georgia Tech application essay. Feel free to scroll down if you are feeling impatient, but…
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While the full Harvey Mudd application does not go live until the Common Application website goes live, you can write the essays now. But beware–any information you upload or write into the Common App before it closes and then reopens at the end of July/beginning of August will be deleted, along with your account. I…
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That bonus would be the lyrics for that most UT Austin of songs, The Eyes of Texas. But before that, and my commentary on how to write these essays, here are UT’s prompts: 2019-2020 University of Texas Essay Prompts ApplyTexas Essay Prompts A, B and C For U.S. Freshman and International Freshman Applications Slated to…
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Here are your UC prompts for this year, Oh Class of 2024: 2019-2020 University of California Essay Prompts Write your responses to the personal insight questions in advance What you tell us in your responses gives us the context to better understand the rest of the information you’ve provided in your application. Be open, be…
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Introductory College Essay Workshops in June and July With Follow-Up Editing–Also Available for Distance Clients Via Skype I will be holding small-group essay workshops that introduce the process and get a draft started, on a weekly basis in June and July, meeting at public locations (e.g. conference rooms at libraries) in the Danville and Lafayette…
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Greetings Rising Seniors and anybody else who wants to look at which colleges are a “fit” for them. While this post is going to take a look at some early application results for this year, first let me digress for a paragraph: the “fit” of a college–how well it matches your needs and qualifications– is…
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