One of our student Facebook friends asked us a great question this week, and as we began to respond, we realized the answer would be helpful to many of our essay-writing disciples. Thus begins our new CEA series, “Students Ask” in which we will call for questions each week and expound upon the ones we […]
Recently, New York Times columnist Ron Leiber asked students to submit college admissions essays related to “money, class, working and the economy,” and was rewarded with 66 entries to comb through alongside Harry Bauld, the author of On Writing The College Application Essay. Together, the two men selected four essays they found both compelling and […]
We here at CEA are motivated folks who work with may of the country’s most ambitious pre-collegiate minds, so we understand as well as anyone that students on a wait list for their dream school would want to proactively affect the outcome of a college’s final decision. Last week the New York Times published an […]
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” -Stephen King
Even when we talk about how it starts, our students are sedentary. You’re going to sit down and write that essay. An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal suggests that we should all be doing our work standing up, or at the very least, sitting up straight. The advisors at CEA should take some lessons […]
Trust us, we know it’s hard: we love the internet just as much as you do. Disconnecting yourself from that wi-fi connection can feel as unnatural as swimming fully clothed or spending Saturday night at home watching a Lifetime movie with your parents. Still, if you allow yourself to work internet-free for an hour or […]
Have you ever kept a journal or a diary? It might be time to pick up those collections of private thoughts, wince through your pre-teen love poems, and give it a good read. So much happens to us throughout our adolescence, it is easy to forget the small events that impacted our goals, motivations and […]
The New York Times’ Learning Network recently published an exercise asking teachers to lead their high school students through exploration of and practice for the new common application essay prompts. In addition to encouraging directed free writes, the activity encourages the use of columns from The Times as models for content, and The Choice Blog […]
Welcome to College Essay Advisors, otherwise known as CEA. Our college essay experts have been working with students for over a decade to help them personalize, polish and perfect the personal statement. We know the college admissions essay is a crucial tool in boosting admissions rates for students of all abilities and have worked with […]
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