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Help Your Teen with the Common App College Essay

by Lea 1 Comment

Summer is here, and so rising seniors should be determining their plan of attack for completing college applications. With school out and deadlines as soon as November 1 for students who apply early action to colleges, the next few months will be an excellent time to work through one of the most intimidating parts of the form…

The dreaded college essay.

Luckily, students can already access the essay prompts for the Common Application (the application that more than 700 colleges accept for admissions).

Check out the Common App essay prompts below, and then help your teen to develop and polish a winning essay this summer.

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6 Tips to Help your Teen Get Organized for the Common Application

by Lea 1 Comment

The Common Application (Common App for short) is used by more than 600 colleges for admissions across the U.S. If you’ve got a rising senior, chances are he’ll need to submit it for at least one of the schools on his college list.

This one-app-for-many-schools resource is uber-convenient!

The Common App opens for the 2017-2018 season on August 1, but starting early is key to making it as impressive to admissions officers as possible. Not to mention it’ll be a whole lot less stressful on you and your kid.

Work with your teenager on these tips for organizing and preparing to complete the best possible Common App this summer.Continue Reading

How to Help your Teen with the College Essay

by Lea 2 Comments

Do you hear all those pounding footsteps? That’s the sound of thousands of teenagers running to their rooms to hide.

Now that school’s out, rising seniors know that the college essay needs to be written for applications. And it’s a doozy.

Good news for your kid, though – you can be a great support during this stressful writing process, and I’ve got some tips to help you do just that. Hopefully that’ll help to take a little bit of burden off of his shoulders.

But hold on a sec.

Before diving into the ways you can help out with the college essay, let’s first go over the two things you absolutely shouldn’t be doing…Continue Reading

What College Admissions Officers Really Look For

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what-college-admissions-officers-really-look-forWouldn’t it be great to get into the minds of college admissions officers? I mean, it sure would be nice (and a heckuvalot easier) knowing exactly what they want to see to help your teen to figure out what to do now in order to look great on applications later.

Truth is, although the difficulty of getting in will certainly vary from college to college, admissions folks all typically agree on some really important measures for students to get in to their schools.

Here’s what colleges are looking for when considering student for admissions:Continue Reading

The 2 Best Ways to Make the College Essay Stand Out

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The 2 Best Ways to Make the College Essay Stand OutCollege admissions folks are serious about the essays they read on applications. After checking out your teen’s GPA, academic rigor and SAT or ACT scores, they’ll look at that very important essay to be sure he or she’s the right fit for their school.

There are 2 themes that I always recommend a student considers gearing their writing toward, because either one of these will help showcase exactly what officials want to see: Continue Reading

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