Writing the College Essays

Application essay Success: EXpert 1-on-1 brainstorming & editing

Best for: Students seeking to craft stand-out essays for college personal statements, supplements, fellowship/scholarship essays, etc.

Students may spend days or weeks starting at a blank page not knowing where to begin or what about themselves is worth telling. Through self-assessment and deep self-reflection exercises and brainstorming sessions, we help students find their voice and ultimately express the deepest and most important stories they have.

Note: If you’re looking to have someone else write your essays for you, please look elsewhere! We’re not in that business.

some Helpful resources

Common App Essays for 2019-20:

https://www.commonapp.org/blog/2019-2020-common-app-essay-prompts

Coalition App Essays:  

http://www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org/essays.html

UC Essays Freshmen:

http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/personal-questions/freshman/index.html

Crafting an Application Essay that ‘Pops’, by Rebecca Ruiz, NY Times, 9/23/11

http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/nacac-essa/

Sample College Admission Essay  International Student (good examples of supplemental essays)

http://www.internationalstudent.com/essay_writing/college_essay/ 

The College Essay Guy - Supplemental Essays   This is a great website!

http://www.collegeessayguy.com/supplemental-essays/ 

Carleton College Essay Tips

https://apps.carleton.edu/admissions/apply/essay_tips/ 

 Essays that Worked: Connecticut College   

https://www.conncoll.edu/admission/apply/essays-that-worked/ 

Essays that Worked - Johns Hopkins

https://apply.jhu.edu/application-process/essays-that-worked/