When composing your college application essay, try not to author a pleonastic mess of convoluted vocabulary in an endeavor to appear more verbally perspicacious than you verily are.

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You’ve spent three and a half years preparing for this–the college application. Now, you’re the curator of a vast collection of experiences and accolades. Perhaps you feel compelled to include everything, even if the college didn’t explicitly request it. This impulse is natural, but not always effective. So let’s take a look at the most common “extras” [...]

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Cliché Essay: The Résumé Essay

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When crafting a personal statement for your college application, it’s easy to get caught up in listing your accomplishments. The result is a cliché essay known in admissions circles as “The Résumé Essay.” It’s the prose version of your application, and it makes for miserable reading. But you can fix it.

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Cliché Essay: The Mission Trip Essay

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These days, mission trips are as frequently attended as summer vacations. And for the college applicant, they provide the perfect subject for a personal statement. There’s multiculturalism, diversity, service, personal growth. But this essay is just as perfect as it is unoriginal…and that’s the problem.

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Yeah! My Professors are Pretty Cool (and Smart)

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It’s become so commonplace to read about the incredible professors at any given college that it’s often more glaring when schools don’t tout their faculty’s vast accolades and quality. But what does it mean to have world-class educators at Centre? Alex Sterba ’12, a My Centre Life student blogger, provides anecdotal evidence to support the oft made claim.

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The College Visit Commandments

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Most students understand that the college visit is an invaluable component of the decision-making process. On a visit, you are there to evaluate the school. Please note, however, that the people you come into contact with (including current students, professors, admission staff and your fellow prospective students) on your visit will also be evaluating you. [...]

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