2023-2024 Common App Essay Prompts
The folks at the Common Application have officially announced that the Common App essay prompt menu for the upcoming 2023-24 admissions cycle will remain exactly the same as it was the previous year. In the…
Brown Supplemental Essays – Prompts & Tips 2022-23
Applicants to the Brown Class of 2026 were greeted with just a 5% acceptance rate, the lowest in school history. Given that 19 of every 20 applicants are turned away–even many valedictorians with perfect test…
Common App Transfer Guide – 2022-23
A college diploma features the name of just one institution. Yet, for many, this hardly tells the true story of their unique college journey, which is often an amalgam of experiences across two or more…
What to do After Applying to College Early Decision or Early Action
The run-up to the November 1st early action (EA) and early decision (ED) deadlines at the majority of colleges is, for many students, one of the most stressful times in their young lives. Yet, for…
How to Complete the Common App Activities Section
For all of the first-class treatment applicants give to their Common App essay, the Common App Activities Section is all too often relegated to steerage. If antiquated steamship analogies do little for you, a more…
2022-23 Princeton Supplemental Essays – Prompts and Tips
Princeton University’s 3.98% acceptance rate for the 2021-22 freshman class was the lowest in school history. When applying to an Ivy like Princeton, even applicants with perfect GPAs and test scores need to find a…
2022-23 Carnegie Mellon (CMU) Essays – Prompts and Tips
When applying to a school like Carnegie Mellon that receives 26,000+ applications each year, it’s important to keep in mind that around 22,000 of this group will ultimately be denied admission. Many of these 22,000…
2022-23 Wake Forest Supplemental Essays – Prompts and Tips
Admission is highly competitive at Wake Forest University, a mid-sized private school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They accept only one-quarter of applicants and standards are high. In fact, almost 70% of enrolled students finished in…