by Cara Kalf | Nov 15, 2020 | Cara
Has your life story ended? It hasn’t … has it? The topic you choose for your essay might be an event that happened a few years ago. Your life and growth have continued since that story ended, and your essay should acknowledge and demonstrate that. When you... 
by Cara Kalf | Oct 30, 2020 | Cara
What’s scarier—a haunted house or a crashed application portal? No question, I know. I’m pretty sure high-school seniors don’t trick-or-treat, but I do know they’re not working on their college applications on Halloween. Despite a November 1 deadline and the magic of... 
by Cara Kalf | Oct 15, 2020 | Cara
If you’re still asking yourself whether you should be applying Early Decision at this point in the fall, the answer should probably be NO. If you just breathed a sigh of relief, that tells you everything you need to know. You didn’t want to apply early; you were... 
by Cara Kalf | Sep 30, 2020 | Cara
The Common Application was supposed to make your application process more streamlined—but even schools that accept the Common App want to put their own unique stamp on your submission. Why? It’s not just to make your life more difficult (though that’s part of it!). If... 
by Cara Kalf | Sep 15, 2020 | Cara, college application essay, College Essay Examples
If you started your applications over the summer, you were probably feeling pretty good about yourself. As school got going, you might have taken a page from the hare and decided you could afford a quick “nap” because you had such a head start. About this time, as...
