by Cara Kalf | Nov 30, 2021 | Cara, College Application Tips
Thanksgiving break is over, Early Decision 1 and 2 are behind us, and the University of California has closed its doors. If you’re still in the thick of applications, you need to focus. The best tip to complete college applications on time is simply to do...
by Cara Kalf | Nov 15, 2021 | Cara, College Admissions, College Application Tips
As an entrepreneur, I’m often struck by the similarities between writing college application essays and writing marketing copy. Your mission on your college application is, after all, to sell yourself to your reader. Last week I was struck by the simple advice in Copy...
by Cara Kalf | Oct 30, 2021 | Cara, College Essay Examples
I’m going to take an unpopular position here: I think you should not read other students’ college essays. Not ones published in books, not ones available online, and potentially not even ones by people you know. You’re already stressed about how you sound and...
by Cara Kalf | Oct 15, 2021 | Cara, College Application Tips, college essay tips
How To Make Your Essay Longer When you speak with a relative you rarely see, it’s easy to feel like you have nothing to say to them. On the other hand, you can be so long at lunch talking to your best friend that you’re late to your next class—when you just saw them...
by Cara Kalf | Sep 30, 2021 | Cara, College Application Tips, college essay tips
Trust Your Life Story: Finding the Point of Your Essay Of the many cool experiences Northwestern University afforded me, one of the coolest was the opportunity to serve as assistant stage manager on a traveling children’s theater production. Before, during and...
