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Hi everyone, welcome. Thanks for joining us tonight. We have another exciting topic lined up for you today. You guys have probably all heard about the Common App – pretty big application platform! Over 1,000 colleges will accept the Common App.
Read MoreThis evening we'll start getting into the college essay specifics: starting with the University of California “Personal Insight Questions,” or the UC PIQs. These UC essay prompts stand apart from others out there and require a different approach – and that is exactly what we'll be covering today.
Read MoreChances are good that you’ve heard people wondering how ChatGPT-influenced essays will affect the college admissions process. It’s guaranteed that the available resources — everything from the advancement of AI to official guidelines from the universities themselves — will always turn over new updates for the most effective strategies. As for now, we’ve experimented with different ways that using ChatGPT can benefit or harm a student’s college application essays.
Read MoreThanks for joining this evening for the second installment of our college essay webinar series. We've got an exciting topic planned for tonight: our WRITE! workshops, which will be starting this July, and how these workshops can help your student get a strong and effective head start on their college essays.
Read MoreToday we're talking about college essays. I’m glad that we're able to highlight something new: something that students are starting… hopefully soon – and giving you an idea of how to get started here.
I'm joined by Katie and Lindsey today, who will be our guides throughout this process. Katie, do you want to introduce yourself, and then Lindsey?
Read More“Supplementals” are extra essays that supplement the main application. These are no less important than the main application. However, there’s one big difference between supplementals and main application essays: supplementals are specific to the school!
Read MoreThank you everyone for joining today. I think this is going to be a good session today – the last topic in our essay series, where we'll be discussing the supplements: how to tackle them, [and] how to get started.
Read MoreYour college essays (whether the Common App’s “Main Personal Statement,” the UC “PIQs,” or supplementals) aren’t the same essays you write for your English or history classes. Some of the same writing tips apply, but others, maybe not so much. When you sit down and try to draft your college application essays, how do you know which essay tips to follow? We’ll break it down for you.
Read MoreHi everyone. Thanks for joining us tonight on this lovely Thursday. Glad we're able to start talking about essays. Hopefully you have a draft or two already going – so that we'll be able to take a look at some of the students that have already worked on things.
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again… high school juniors and seniors are getting antsy, unsure of what the next four to five years have in store for them. College applications are looming over the horizon for students, and one of the biggest tasks ahead of them is drafting the Common App Personal Statement – an essay that has many students stressing for days and months about writing “perfectly” in the hopes of being accepted to their dream colleges.
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