Clik here to view.
The Significant Experience Essay: More Ideas
In my last post, I discussed what is know as The Significant Experience Essay, which appeared, among other places, in Prompt 1 of the Common Application Personal Statement for 2011-2012. Possibly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Harvard Supplement: Or, How to Write About Books Part 1
This post specifically addresses the Harvard application essay for 2011-2012, but this discussion focuses mainly on writing about books. I continue this for several subsequent posts and give a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How To Write About Books II
Most university application essays or supplements present at least the possibility of writing about books. Several applications ask directly that you write about a book or a series of books. If that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How To Write About Books III
This post builds on the last two posts and offers a list of themes by which you can classify and discuss books. This includes a detailed discussion of books and particularly of some quality...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Writing About An Intellectual Experience Or Personal Influence: Post #1 on...
This is the inaugural post on the topic of books and intellectual development for the 2012-2013 application year. I have previously written about this topic in a number of posts; for writing about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Starting A Book Or Intellectual Experience Essay: An Example Of How To Look...
I have previously put up posts with detailed information on intellectual and book essays–see the links and table of contents in the first column/post of this website. These posts will also appear...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Topic Generator #1 For The Problem Essay and The Essay On What You Care About
Many universities use application essay prompts that ask you to write about either a problem of some kind or something you care about. I encourage my clients to try to come up with at least one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yale and Harvard Application Essays for 2012-2013: The Coquette and the Copycat
Note to readers: First of all, if you are reading this in December of 2013, this was written for last year’s apps; on the other hand, much of what I say still applies to Harvard as well as to other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How To Write the Princeton Application Essay in 2015-2016
For this year’s Princeton Prompts, see my previous post or click below: Princeton Supplement for the Common App 2015 I have written about several of these prompts before, for the simple reason that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Harvard Supplemental Essay Prompts for 2016-2017; Or, How to Write Your...
So first things first: How long is the 500 kb limit imposed on the “optional” Harvard supplemental essay? Answer—Really, really long. Much longer than any essay you would want to write by a factor of...
View ArticleThe Significant Experience Essay: More Ideas
In my last post, I discussed what is know as The Significant Experience Essay, which appeared, among other places, in Prompt 1 of the Common Application Personal Statement for 2011-2012. Possibly...
View ArticleThe Harvard Supplement: Or, How to Write About Books Part 1
This post specifically addresses a Harvard application essay about a book, but this discussion is on writing about books in general. The advice here is also good for the 2015-2016 Princeton prompt on...
View ArticleHow To Write About Books II
Most university application essays or supplements present at least the possibility of writing about books. Several applications ask directly that you write about a book or a series of books. If that...
View ArticleHow To Write About Books III
This post builds on the last two posts and offers a list of themes by which you can classify and discuss books. This includes a detailed discussion of books and particularly of some quality...
View Article
