Thursday, October 1. It’s your lucky day. It’s #CEAFREEDAY! Just in time to help you meet those early deadlines, College Essay Advisors will be offering FREE COLLEGE ESSAY HELP ALL DAY to all college applicants (and parents of college applicants!) in need of a little essay inspiration and admissions-related insight. For 24 hours, we will […]
The average admissions officer reviews over 1,000 applications per admissions cycle, enduring a host of hackneyed college essay topics and combatting the urge to groan at the cliched treatment of usual-suspect topics that reveal little to no information about the student at hand. Applicants often choose to write about these subjects because they THINK the […]
The Common Application went live earlier this month, so you already know the task it is going to ask of you: use 650 words to describe yourself and make the various college admissions officers fall head-over-heels, rom-com style in love with you and your delightful youness. YIKES! What’re you gonna do? What’re you gonna do?? WHAT’RE […]
Do you ever get so fed up with the real world that you just want to leave the human race? Get primal? Go back to nature? Be a goat? Or are you the Snow White type who befriends all creatures and even has them at your wedding? Or maybe your personal call of the wild can […]
A LOT of really important stuff has happened over the past few weeks. The Republican Debate came and went (hope you were all watching to stay informed, you soon-to-be-voters!), Hoverboards are now totally a real thing, World of Warcraft released an AWESOME new expansion, and most importantly and tragically: Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy BROKE.UP! […]
Our choices in life matter. Perhaps signing up for the right English class at the right time helped you discover your passion for literature. Maybe you decided to eat a day-old burrito for lunch, only to rue the decision a few short hours later. Occasionally you may turn left when you normally turn right. The […]
If you’ve ever spent any time wondering what we get up to over the summer before the Common App comes out, wonder no more! We are very excited to announce the release of our first ever complete video guide to the college admissions essay: College Essay Academy is a process-driven, advice-filled, fully animated webseries that […]
Greetings and salutations (as my fave spider used to say)! How are you spending the remainder of your summer months? Giving your cat a trendy new Trump look? Gazing at the night sky and pondering the amazing pictures and new insights about (ex)planet Pluto? Or maybe you’d like to spend the rest of your summer […]
Alright folks, the time has come. It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights, it’s time to meet the — wait a minute. This isn’t the beginning of The Muppets, it’s another CEA weekly link round-up! YAYYYYY!!! This week we’re elaborating on the do’s and don’t’s of the college process for […]
Last week marked a seminal moments in our lives – and hopefully a useful read in yours: College Essay Advisors published a Buzzfeed list covering 5 essential things Beyoncé can teach us about the college admissions essay. Believe it. Queen Bey can do literally everything, including teaching you how to write a killer college essay […]
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