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 | 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... 
by Cara Kalf | Aug 30, 2020 | Cara, college application essay, College Essay Examples
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 first drafts of 1200...
