Sample College Essays: Writing Your Essay Like a Political Ad
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.
Filed under college admission essay tips, November 7th, 2009Sample Essay College: Gimmicks that Make Your Essay Sound Cheap
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.
Filed under college admission essay tips, October 31st, 2009How to Market Yourself through Your College Application Essay
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.
Filed under college admission essay tips, October 24th, 2009Free Sample Essays: Writing Your Essay Like a Decent Sales Copy
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.
Filed under college admission essay tips, October 17th, 2009Blog Critique of SurvivingCollegeLife.com
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, [...]
Filed under college profiles, October 2nd, 2009Blog Critique of ThatCollegeKid.com
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 [...]
Filed under college profiles, October 2nd, 2009Blog Critique of CalNewport.com/blog
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 [...]
Filed under college profiles, October 2nd, 2009Blog Critique of HackCollege.com
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 [...]
Filed under college profiles, October 2nd, 2009Blog Critique of CollegeFashion.net
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 [...]
Filed under college profiles, October 2nd, 2009College Scholarship for Minority Groups
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 [...]
Filed under college application process, August 21st, 2009