Category: College Entry Essay
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Common App Essay Prompts 2022-2023 (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this series, we introduced the Common App essay prompts for the 2022-2023 school year, comparing them to the prompts from last year. We also dove a bit into the first Common App essay prompt. Today, we’re discussing the second essay option for this year’s Common App, starting with what they’re…
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Common App Essay Prompts 2022-2023 (Part 1)
They’re here (well, they’ve been out since January, but let’s be real – you probably haven’t looked at them yet). The Common App, the most popular application for colleges, has announced the essay prompts for the 2022-2023 application season. Students who use the Common App must choose one of these prompts for their essay. Most…
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The “perfect” personal statement
We are incorrigible know-it-alls, so we recently launched a Quora. Now, whenever we have downtime from slavishly polishing the world’s best essays, we’re answering some of Quora users’ toughest questions with our trademark combination of reliable information and sarcastic style. Recently, a Quora user asked, “How do I write a perfect personal statement as an…
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Writing a College Entry Essay
Many students make the mistake of writing the entry essay in the same way they’d craft a term paper: the introduction is thus a mere description of what will be discussed in the rest of the document. An example of this approach might be, “I am well prepared for the demands of university thanks to…