How to Prevent your College Essay from going to the Annoying Pile

Believe it or not, most college application essays are annoying. I know what you’re thinking: “not mine—admissions officers are going to love reading about my experience climbing the Himalayas in the middle of a blizzard while encountering dangerous he-goats after crawling out of a nine foot crevice with a broken leg after three days without food or water.”
You gotta do better than that. Read More...

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College Admissions Essay Topics

There are good and bad essay topics. Those topics that stem from the heart and involve complete honesty are most likely bad essay topics.
The ability to turn a bad essay topic into a good essay topic is an incredibly useful skill when it comes to writing the college essay. This skill, which involves fragrant lying and manipulation, will hopefully serve you well beyond high school and college and will make it much easier for you to eventually lie on your resume, cheat on your taxes and be unfaithful to your spouse.  Read More...

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When It Comes to the College Admissions Essay: Don’t Take Risks

More and more people are trying the “out of the box” college essay in the hope that revealing themselves through the prism of a non-traditional essay will attract positive attention.

More often than not, the “out of the box” essay doesn’t have the intended effect you think it will: it either comes off as totally obnoxious or borderline psychotic.

Do yourself a favor and play it safe. The following is an example of an unorthodox essay that the author clearly believes will win over an admissions committee... Read More...

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