by j9robinson | Feb 10, 2016
Sample Essays: The Best Way to Learn to Write Your Own In my writing guide, The Writing Survival Kit, I share some excellent sample essays for college applications. In this post and future ones, I’m sharing some of them with you. Whether you are...
by j9robinson | Feb 9, 2016
Prove You Deserve to Win in Your Scholarship Essays Scholarship essays are critical if you want to go to college, but can’t afford it. To win them, you usually need to write powerful and personal scholarship essays. (Yes, QuestBridge applicants, this...
by j9robinson | Jan 9, 2016
URGENT! ApplyTexas changed their essay prompts in 2017-18. Click HERE for the current essay prompts! (THIS POST IS OUTDATED!) How to Link Your Life Goals to Current and Future Activities In the previous post, I wrote about ideas on how to answer Topics A and...
by j9robinson | Dec 28, 2015
URGENT! ApplyTexas changed their essay prompts in 2016-17. Click HERE for the current essay prompts! (THIS POST IS OUTDATED!) All public universities, and some private and 2-year colleges, in Texas do not use the Common Application. Instead, they have their own...
by j9robinson | Nov 24, 2015
UPDATE: as of March 23, 2016 The University of California announced NEW essay prompts for 2016-17. Read about how to answer them HERE. It’s Not Too Late to Write Your College App Essays Before the Nov. 30 Deadline Yes, you have waited until...
by j9robinson | Nov 9, 2015
Students looking for ideas and inspiration on their college application essays should check out the “This I Believe” web site. It’s an international organization set up in 2004 to help students and adults identify and express through writing...
by j9robinson | Oct 17, 2015
Advice for Students Who Are Underrepresented for Whatever Reason: Tell Your Personal Story In my previous post, I shared my experience working with teachers and students from the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas, where I’m giving a series of workshops on how to...
by j9robinson | Oct 16, 2015
First-Gen Students Learn to Write College Application Essays Last month, I had the privilege to work with a group of teachers and students on their writing and college application essays from the Rio Grande Valley in the southernmost tip of Texas. Almost all...
by j9robinson | Oct 12, 2015
Last week, a new student came to my home for help on his college application essays. I asked this eager senior about his target schools. He told me Stanford was his top pick, but he was applying to most of the ivies, along with a couple UCs (Cal and UCLA). Then...
by j9robinson | Sep 22, 2015
You Don’t Need Tragedy to Write a Standout College Admissions Essay! This is the time of year that the frenzy surrounding college admissions starts to grow. Early decision deadlines are just weeks away. Students who put off writing their college...
