Sample College Essays: Writing Your Essay Like a Political Ad

Filed under college admission essay tips with No Comments, November 7th, 2009 by College Essay Specialist

Writing an admission essay is like writing a political speech. You use the essay to convince the admissions officers of your worth as a possible enrollee or future student of the school.

Sample Essay College: Gimmicks that Make Your Essay Sound Cheap

Filed under college admission essay tips with No Comments, October 31st, 2009 by College Essay Specialist

Your admission essay is a way for you to explain to the schools? admission panel how good you are as a person and as a student. In a way, you are given the license to advertise yourself and make the panel realize the benefits of having you in the campus.

How to Market Yourself through Your College Application Essay

Filed under college admission essay tips with No Comments, October 24th, 2009 by College Essay Specialist

Application essays are a way for you to market yourself. After all, your transcript of records, test scores, and list of achievements fail to inform the admission panel of who you are as a person.

Free Sample Essays: Writing Your Essay Like a Decent Sales Copy

Filed under college admission essay tips with No Comments, October 17th, 2009 by College Essay Specialist

Every personal statement needs a bit of bite to stand out from hundreds of others. It is possible to make your essay become unique by writing it like a decent sales copy.

Blog Critique of SurvivingCollegeLife.com

Filed under college profiles with No Comments, October 2nd, 2009 by College Essay Specialist

It’s not hard to see what the blog is about.  Surviving College Life is meant to give useful advice and information on getting through college life.  You can find posts on a variety of topics, from social advice to financing and academics. What to look forward to when visiting this blog About the site design, [...]

Blog Critique of ThatCollegeKid.com

Filed under college profiles with No Comments, October 2nd, 2009 by College Essay Specialist

For those who went through college, we all know how difficult it was adjusting to the new surroundings and way of life.  Didn’t we all groped around for a guide to help us through it all?  Well, that’s what That College Kid tries to be.  The blog gives advice and information about college life.  In [...]

Blog Critique of CalNewport.com/blog

Filed under college profiles with No Comments, October 2nd, 2009 by College Essay Specialist

The name of Study Hacks can be called a misnomer, but in a good sense.  When people think of hacking, what enters their minds is that of some form of cheat or workaround.  That is not what Study Hacks is all about.  What the blog provides are good, old, basic pieces of advice in keeping [...]

Blog Critique of HackCollege.com

Filed under college profiles with No Comments, October 2nd, 2009 by College Essay Specialist

Hack College aims to bring more of the web into the educational system, as what they claim in their About section.  And they have been doing a good job at it.  Aside from that, the blog also provides very useful and practical advice on getting on with college life.  The topics vary, and most of [...]

Blog Critique of CollegeFashion.net

Filed under college profiles with No Comments, October 2nd, 2009 by College Essay Specialist

This blog is as what its name suggests; it is a blog about clothing style and fashion at the college scene.  Of course, the blog is targeted towards female college students.  Men don’t generally care about fashion, and if some do, they would be the exception rather than the rule.  Back to College Fashion, the [...]

College Scholarship for Minority Groups

Filed under college application process with No Comments, August 21st, 2009 by admin

Despite the rising cost of tuition, there are financial aids you can turn to, even when you belong to a minority group.  You can easily find scholarship grants for African-Americans, Latinos, Filipino-Americans, or just any other ethnic group.  Even women can apply for some minority scholarships, especially in male-dominated course programs or career fields. Available [...]