Improving Chances of Success on College Application Essays


If you want to increase your chances of success for your college application, then it pays to put extra effort and work into your application essay. The Electric Text blog shares: Every student wants that chance to impress their adviser or college professor with the perfect essay. To avail that chance, there are dozens of [...]

Filed under admission essay, February 23rd, 2011

Refine Your College Application Essay Writing Skills


The Karmsund BK blog brings up a valid point about how college students approach essay writing these days: What’s happening with your college term papers and essays? Unfortunately, that’s a question that a lot of student’s cannot or do not want to answer. I see students on almost a daily basis who have the term [...]

Filed under admission essay, February 9th, 2011

Humor and Fun in Your Application Essay


Oftentimes, when applicants come around to writing their application essays, they are stricken with fear, writer’s block, and frustration. The Loan Students blog reminds us that keeping your essay interesting is key when writing: Writing a College Admission Essay is not the same as writing research papers. This means that a person should not be [...]

Filed under admission essay, January 26th, 2011

Writing Techniques for Your College Application Essay


It’s quite easy to get stumped when trying to write your college application essay. The Yes For MN blog, however, offers some great pointers on essay writing techniques: As your college essay is your first impression that you are about to give to the administrative of the college, therefore every word that you put in [...]

Filed under admission essay, January 19th, 2011

Thinking of Your Application Essay as an Early Memoir


The college application essay can be quite difficult. Luckily for us, The Choice Blogs, under the NY Times, gives some helpful advice: On the first day of the workshop, Dani Shapiro, the author who led the workshop, talked about inspiration, memory and the ways to enter into the telling – and in our case, writing [...]

Filed under admission essay, January 12th, 2011

Getting Help from Others for Your Application Essay


It’s easy to feel isolated, alone, and burdened when faced with writing your application essay. BH Bodeezy reminds us, however, that whether faced with a college application or not, we are never alone: The personal statement is such an important part of your application package, it can easily spell the difference between whether or not [...]

Filed under admission essay, December 29th, 2010

Success in Writing Personal Satetements


One of the most important things in college application is personal statement. In order to get better chances of admissions, you need to write essays that are close to perfect.

Filed under essay writing tips, April 4th, 2010