Growing Number of Application Essays
I just read an article titled “College essays are getting ridiculous”. The author goes on to give two college essay prompts that I instantly recognized, having helped some of my students this year...
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I was reading Jay Mathew’s column in the Washington Post the other day. He is one of my favorite education writers and I am always interested in what he is discussing. His column was about essays...
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The newest version of the Common Application, which will debut this August for the High School Class of 2014, will include some changes. The proposed changes that were giving some counselors the most...
View ArticleMajor Problems with the Common Application
The Common Application, which has been around since 1975 and now has over 500 colleges as members, underwent a comprehensive overhaul and made its debut on August 1, 2013 as the CA4. Having...
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