by Cara Kalf | Jan 15, 2021 | Cara, College Admissions, college application essay
What Are You Reading 2021? Future college students need to be big readers. Academic success requires it, and applications often ask about it, but those aren’t the only perks. It can be a relaxing escape from reality or a tool to develop other useful skills. With our... 
by Cara Kalf | Dec 30, 2020 | Cara, college application essay, College Application Tips
Success Resolutions for Striving Students I am a sucker for a fresh start. I love Mondays, firsts of the month, and especially the first of the year. If you’re a candidate—or perhaps even an already-accepted future student!—at one of the country’s top colleges, you... 
by Cara Kalf | Dec 15, 2020 | Cara, College Essay Examples, college essay tips
Holiday Baking: Mug Cake vs. Petit Four How is an essay like a pastry? Neither should be made in the microwave. This year, I discovered there is such thing as a Mug Brownie. You can even buy one-step “mug brownie mix” packets, but even from scratch, they aren’t... 
by Cara Kalf | Nov 30, 2020 | Cara
Do you remember the Thanksgiving your grandma baked her famous apple pie? What about the time you ate turkey and stuffing? The time you laughed with your cousins and over-ate? What we love about Thanksgiving is its sameness. If you’re trying to write an essay about... 
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...
