If your child is applying to college, there is no doubt a lot of excitement (and other emotions!) in your home. You may be excited for your son or daughter to experience the world on his or her own next year, to learn from a great college or university. Or you may be excited that … Continue reading Parents’ role in the college admissions process
Princeton University gives you the option to choose one of four extended essays in their writing supplement for 2018. Read below to see how our former admissions officers would answer these questions: Essay In addition to the essay you have written for the Common Application or the Universal College Application, please write an essay of … Continue reading The Princeton supplemental essay 2018
If you plan to apply to any schools in the University of California system, read below to learn how you can best respond to the Personal Insight questions. Remember, these schools are not on the Common Application, so you’ll have to apply directly through the University of California portal. You will have 8 questions to choose … Continue reading University of California’s Personal Insight Questions 2018
We recommend that, although the Williams College supplement is optional, you do your best to complete one. It never hurts to provide Williams with more information about your personality, passions and what you could provide the campus community. Note: The Williams Writing Supplement is entirely optional. Please respond to one of the prompts below in … Continue reading Williams College optional supplemental essays 2018
Filling out the supplemental applications for several universities can be daunting. Our team of former admissions officers from highly selective colleges and universities (including Duke) are here to help! Please find below our advice and tips on how to answer Duke University’s 2018 supplemental essay questions: The following question is optional for all applicants to … Continue reading The Duke University supplemental essay 2018