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Our tip: Admissions essays (even when optional) are a great way to creatively share your personal interests, outside commitments, or passions with the admissions committee. Writing an optional essay ...
Just follow these tips from Melissa McViney, an independent college counselor in Hingham. No need to agonize over the dreaded application essay. Just follow these tips.
Students dread the application essay. Critics think it’s an exercise in fakery. Here’s why it’s worth preserving — and how to save it. Liza Libes is a writer and college counselor in New ...
OPINION Affirmative action is gone. Can personal essays help diversify universities? Details, stories, and other examples drawn from applicants’ academic and personal experiences have always ...
Issue 18 of Fresh Ink: Essays from Boston College's First-Year Writers, is now open! Fresh Ink: Essays from Boston College's First-Year Writers, showcases and celebrates first-year writing in our ...