FAQs Over Winter Break 2021
Our office is closed December 24 - January 3, opening at 9:00 am on January 4, 2022. We are unable to respond to emails or phone calls during winter break.…
Strong Personal Statements: Use rhetoric to engage your reader
We’re sharing exceptional personal statements from last year’s applicants to illustrate that a good personal statement can be on a variety of topics, but ultimately, showcases the student’s character, curiosity,…
Strong Personal Statements: Demonstrate your unshakeable curiosity
We’re sharing exceptional personal statements from last year’s applicants to illustrate that a good personal statement can be on a variety of topics, but ultimately, showcases the student’s character, curiosity,…
Strong Personal Statements: Analyze your changed opinions
We’re sharing exceptional personal statements from last year’s applicants to illustrate that a good personal statement can be on a variety of topics, but ultimately, showcases the student’s character, curiosity,…
Strong Personal Statements: Show vs. tell in equal amounts
We’re sharing exceptional personal statements from last year’s applicants to illustrate that a good personal statement can be on a variety of topics, but ultimately, showcases the student’s character, curiosity,…
Strong Personal Statements: Describe a time your perspective shifted
We’re sharing exceptional personal statements from last year’s applicants to illustrate that a good personal statement can be on a variety of topics, but ultimately, showcases the student’s character, curiosity,…
The Impact of COVID on College Admission
We made it. We have reached the end of an academic school year that required a lot of patience, grace, strength, and perseverance. Last spring, school leadership, staff, teachers, and students were filled with worries, anxieties, and stress about…
Are You a Perfectionist or are You Just too Hard on Yourself?
At one point in my life, I would’ve taken pride in claiming that I was a perfectionist. I thought it was synonymous with hard-working, polished, successful, and prideful. However, through…
I Value My Humanities Degree More Than Ever
What are you even going to do with your degree? You’re going to law school after college, right? Do your parents actually support you? These, and more, are questions that…
Undercover as a Regular Student
When I was in high school, I was a three-season athlete. I ran cross country and track for my high school, played soccer for my town, and took dance classes…