by Cara Kalf | Oct 15, 2020 | Cara
Making the Decision About Early Decision 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...
by Cara Kalf | Sep 30, 2020 | Cara
The Application is Trying to Tell You Something 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...
by Cara Kalf | Sep 15, 2020 | Cara, college application essay, College Essay Examples
The Tortoise and the Hare and the College Application 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”...
by Cara Kalf | Aug 30, 2020 | Cara, college application essay, College Essay Examples
Get Out of Your Own Way When you first begin your essay, you might wonder how you’ll have enough to say. But when you find your story and get into it, you’re going to be surprised how soon you run out of space. (It’s pretty standard for my coaching students to have...
by Cara Kalf | Aug 15, 2020 | Cara
Snapshots not Scrapbooks Have you ever had to watch a slideshow or scroll through a friend’s photos from an entire trip? How long did it take for your eyes to glaze over? Even gorgeous scenery starts to lose its beauty, and the photos blur together, when there are too...
by Cara Kalf | Jul 30, 2020 | Cara
What a First Draft Is … and Is Not First things first—and when it comes to writing your college essay, the first thing is NOT a first draft. The problem isn’t with the word “first,” it’s with the word “draft.” The connotations that “draft” carries are going to lead...
