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Category:

Admission Application
Published:

19 Nov 2020

How to write a college essay that won't put the admissions committee to sleep? In the pursuit of success, zealous aspirants have oft exchanged simple writing for convoluted and protracte...

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The Power of Narrative in the context of your Admission Application

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

13 Aug 2018

Consider the following Examples – A “While reviewing my science project in the 8th grade, my father, upon seeing my half-hearted attempt, told me, “Every job is a...

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How important are SAT/ACT scores?..

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

10 Feb 2019

Chicago University recently announced that its international students do not have any mandatory requirements to report SAT or ACT scores. Many other universities have eased out the SAT requirements ov...

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Why Are Supplemental Questions So Important?

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

21 Sep 2022

When planning to apply for IVY Leagues and other colleges in the US you have to apply through the Common app. There are common app prompts that are the standard prompts for all the students irrespecti...

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Write About It - How to overcome a writing block

Category:

Mentoring
Published:

20 Jan 2020

Write better - applications, essays for admissions, reports, creative thought Writing to understand yourself Writing well is important most of the time, but writing well for admission essays an...

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How to maintain your VOICE in a college essay

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

08 Dec 2020

I write only because / There is a voice within me / That will not be still. –Sylvia Plath When you begin writing your application essays, it is hard to do it alone. Naturally, we l...

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What NOT to write in your college admission essays

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

10 Feb 2020

Slippery areas you can avoid while writing your college essays We all know what we need to do when writing essays for our application. What we don’t know is what not to do. Here are some tips ab...

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Self concept and University applications

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

21 Nov 2018

The concept of self-knowledge has been prevalent in the old Eastern philosophy as an integral part of higher education. Expertise in any domain at the highest levels was complete only w...

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Should I write about the Coronavirus in my College Admission Essay?

Category:

Admission Application
Published:

09 Apr 2020

Should I write about the Coronavirus in my College Admission Essay? The short answer is, probably not. What is a good essay? Let us recap what makes a college essay memorable and impactfu...

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