Welcome to this (extremely) simplified guide to the college application process, made mainly to consolidate my thoughts on the process and hopefully provide some helpful advice to prospective applicants.
Essay: “Andy, you’re on in thirty seconds, right after the commercial.” A week earlier, I was a fish drying out without water. COVID-19 shut…
Prompt: It’s cool to love learning. What excites your intellectual curiosity? Essay: The connection between fashion and just about anything else going on…
Essay: There are no greater moments than those when I unexpectedly catch a whiff of a familiar scent, and suddenly I’m eight years old…
Essay: The vibrant blue and red patch weighed heavily on my left shoulder. The six-pointed star distinctly outlining the caduceus, the universal symbol of…
Essay: Seated at a table of four, pencil in hand and a blank sheet of paper in front of me, I introduce myself to…
Essay: I have always been asking the “why” questions. Why did my parents never speak English to me? Why did I only read and…
Essay: As I haul the final plastic storage bin into my bedroom, the pungent scent of permanentmarker stings my nose. All fourteen bins display…
Essay: I love puzzles. I don’t mean the 500-piece ones from the Dollar Store. Of course, those are fun too. I mean approaching life’s…