College Essay Resources for Young Men’s Service League Seattle Thanks to coronavirus, college essays matter more than ever. With the challenges around standardized testing, many colleges have said they won’t be requiring, or even considering, SAT and ACT...
Yesterday an article in the New York Times, How to Tell a Story, caught my attention. I’m always interested in that and thought you may be too. The article gave me a new way to think about what we tell our students and parents: know the relationship between the...
Final deadlines are fast approaching. It’s time to ask yourself—have you written your best college essay yet? And, how would you know if you have or haven’t? Odds are, you haven’t. Now, we don’t mean anything personal. You’ve probably done a great...
Writing college essays is very different from most of the writing you do in high school. Your audience isn’t a teacher, and you are the subject of your essay. These seven secrets will help guide you to an effective essay: Grab attention, keep attention. Your essay...
