Prompt: Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you’ve…

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…

Essay: The vibrant blue and red patch weighed heavily on my left shoulder. The six-pointed…

Essay: Seated at a table of four, pencil in hand and a blank sheet of…

Essay:I have always been asking the “why” questions. Why did my parents never speak English…

Essay:As I haul the final plastic storage bin into my bedroom, the pungent scent of…

Essay: I love puzzles. I don’t mean the 500-piece ones from the Dollar Store. Of…

Prompt: Everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) shared…

Essay:It’s the middle of March and I have Christmas music stuck in my head. I…