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Changes to Common App Essay Prompts for 2017-18

This week, The Common Application essay prompts underwent their most substantive changes since 2013. While two prompts remained unchanged, three were revised, one was introduced, and one oldie-but-goodie was resurrected. The team at College Transitions will walk you through the changes and tell you what it means for current...

Brainstorming the Common Application essay

With school’s final bell now behind us, students entering their final year of high school are likely focused on more tantalizing summer plans than beginning work on their Common Application essay. And while earning some cash, sitting by the pool, and hanging out with friends are higher up on the docket...