by Cara Kalf | Sep 30, 2022 | Cara, College Admissions, college application essay, College Application Tips, College Essay, college essay tips, writing tips
What NOT to Write in Your College Essay I never cease to be amazed by the extensive collection of topics the internet tells you NEVER to write about for your college essay: times you were happy, times you were sad, times you were successful, times you made a mistake,...
by Cara Kalf | Jun 30, 2022 | college essay tips, writing tips
College Essay Specifics: Writing about Your Goals in Life Not every school is going to ask you about your goals in life—but even if they don’t, isn’t it time you started asking yourself? Before you embark on a four-year mission to Get Educated and Prepare for your...
by Cara Kalf | May 30, 2022 | College Essay, Cara, college application essay, College Application Tips, college coaching, college essay tips, writing tips
If you’re frozen at the very first step in your college essay-writing process, I can’t blame you. Choosing a college essay topic really is as important as you’re making it, so it’s worth brainstorming thoroughly and evaluating your choices carefully. Why Does the...
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...
by Cara Kalf | Aug 30, 2021 | Cara, college essay tips
The further away you are, the more we look the same. That sounds like some sort of good news for peaceniks, but what it really is—is super-inconvenient for the high-school senior trying to stand out. Students are often led to believe that standing out in the...
