52 Weeks to College

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52 Weeks to College: Week 31

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52 Weeks to College: Week 31

Now that you have your strategy, have done all your pre-work, and prepared your Writing Map, it’s time to choose topics for your writing. The best way to ensure that you produce compelling essays is to choose the right topics for those essays, and that’s what you’re going to do this week using our tips and tricks.

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52 Weeks to College: Week 30

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52 Weeks to College: Week 30

Now that the Common App is open for the coming application cycle, it’s time to work on your Writing Map! Yes, one more thing before you start writing.

“Work smarter, not harder,” is one of the strategies that we encourage students to use, but there is a risk that you might get so focused on minimizing your work that you sabotage yourself.

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52 Weeks to College: Week 29

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52 Weeks to College: Week 29

Colleges typically require academic recommendations, which are recommendations from your teachers in high school, and some don't let you submit any others. But other colleges also give you the opportunity to submit "other" (non-academic) recommendations from people who aren't your teachers.

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52 Weeks to College: Week 27

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52 Weeks to College: Week 27

Don’t get started on the personal essay just yet! (There are good reasons for that, really.) This week is the perfect time to get started on the “easy” parts of the college application instead.

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52 Weeks to College: Week 26

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52 Weeks to College: Week 26

This week, you’re going to take your strategy one step further and tailor it to each of the colleges on your list based on what each particular college emphasizes as most important in their decision-making process. You’ll also discover more about financial aid policies at those colleges.

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52 Weeks to College: Week 11

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52 Weeks to College: Week 11

Your school counselor has a big job, which includes helping you (and all of your classmates) navigate the college admissions process. In that way, your school counselor is your ally. But that's not all your school counselor does in the college admissions process. What can you do to make your school counselor your best ally and advocate? Let us guide you…