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Cliché Essay: The Thesaurus Essay

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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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Should You Include Extra Materials with Your College Application?

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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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Do College Rankings Really Matter?

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When college rankings come out, everyone from moms to university presidents rush the web to find out how certain colleges did. But do they really matter? It depends on who you ask (and where they’re ranked). As with many things, it’s important to cast a critical eye to these stats.

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Why You May Not Want to Apply Early Action

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When it comes to applying for college admission, early action isn’t always the best action. In some cases, applying early may be to your disadvantage. So, in what cases might you want to put off applying until regular decision, and why?

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