Brainstorming Effectively for Personal Essays

Brainstorming Effectively for Personal Essays

by Sarah M. As you begin to think about your college essays, you probably already know that you need to start by brainstorming. You can check other posts for specific prompts that can get that process going for you. This one will help you start to wrangle all of those big ideas, as you narrow them down and look for the best topic. Brainstorming kicks up a lot of exciting

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Start College Essays in the Summer

Start College Essays in the Summer

by Sarah M. As your junior year draws to a close, college applications are probably an undeniable, crucial, anxiety-inducing task that you plan to start… soon. But summer begins, and December starts to seem very far off. The task of writing can seem overwhelming, and it can be all too easy to push those essays back to the end of the summer, or the fall, or even beyond. Here are

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