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Common App Essay Topics: Top Examples 2025

Master the 2025-26 Common App prompts with expert tips, creative topic ideas, and real-life examples of winning college essays from students just like you.

Building a College Resume: Activities to Include This Year

Build a powerful college resume! Discover the best extracurricular activities and top themes to highlight your strengths to admissions committees.

How to Write a Personal Statement for College Admissions?

Letters of Recommendation: How to Ask the Right Way

Need a letter of recommendation? Learn how to ask the right way. This guide helps you pick the best recommender and gives tips for a seamless request.

Guaranteed College Admissions Boost: Pt 1 Extracurricular Story

No matter what your choice, think about using summer to frame your extracurricular story.

Quantity vs. Quality: Meaningful Extracurricular Activities

They will ask deep questions about what you are passionate about, and what drives you. So, it's in your interests to have experienced meaningful extracurricular activities in order to answer these questions.

The Benefits Of Waiting to Apply to Law School: Part I

Interested law school applicants would do well to consider waiting a year or two to apply to law school. Â

Should I Go To Law School?

Usually the first question I get from potential law school applicants is, Should I go to law school? It's a question that every aspiring law applicant should ask.

Getting Accepted To A Top Law School: What Matters

To give you a little more context, let's dive into the process of getting accepted to a top law school.

Insights into Critical College Admissions Data

College admissions data gives students and families more tools to empower their future.

Part 2: Statistical Analysis Admissions Focus on Harvard

In this article, we will turn our admissions focus on Harvard University as an example of how statistical analysis works.

Part 1: Statistical Analysis In College Admissions

Using these sources, we can provide a statistical analysis in college admissions for the data behind each university.

Double-Blind Matching Process: the Future of Admissions?

How does this help? And what do I need to know about a double-blind matching process for the future of college admissions?

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