by Cara Kalf | Feb 15, 2022 | College Admissions, College Application Tips, college coaching
The Common App has officially announced that this year’s prompts will be … the same as last year’s! This is great news for applicants for two reasons. One is that the people you’re relying on to show you the way—English teachers, guidance counselors, and...
by Cara Kalf | Jan 30, 2022 | College Application Tips, Cara, College Admissions, college coaching
Make Use of Your Application Capital: No need to wait for lightning to strike twice—use your best work for as many applications as you can. Just after Christmas when I was 8, I discovered the form letter. I had a pile of thank-you notes to be written...
by Cara Kalf | Dec 15, 2021 | Cara, College Application Tips, College Essay Examples
Write a College Essay that Matters Magazine Writing was one of my favorite college classes, but it didn’t start that way. My first assignment was a personal essay. I was stumped. I didn’t go into journalism to write about myself! I eventually wrote a piece about my...
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 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...