Are You a Hillary with your College Application Essay?

by | Jul 29, 2016

As I’ve been watching the Democratic national convention this past week, I realized how much election speeches are like college application essays. Both are sales pitches. Both candidates and college applicants want something—badly! Candidates want votes....

Don’t Write Sucky Supplemental Essays!

by | Jul 17, 2016

No doubt about it. Supplemental essays are the nasty little vexation of the college application process. (And you thought the Common App essay was a pain!) I suggest students first tackle writing their core essay for The Common Application, or other applications that...

How Brittany Stinson Wrote Her Costco Essay

by | May 12, 2016

A Q&A With The Author of the Viral Costco Essay Last month, Brittany Stinson learned she got into five Ivy League colleges, as well as Stanford and many other top schools. When a newspaper reporter asked her to share her college application essay, Brittany...

Coalition for Access Essay Prompt 1: Tell a Story

by | May 3, 2016

  Tips and Ideas for Coalition for Access Essay Prompts: The First and Last   If you are using the new Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success to apply to college for 2016-17, you first need to check if the college or university you want to attend...

UC Essay Prompt 5: Take the Challenge

by | May 1, 2016

University of California Personal Insight Question 5: Your Chance to Get Real and Personal If You Have Faced Hardships, Share Them!   Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this...

English Teachers

by | Apr 15, 2016

Teaching How to Write College Application Essays Many Language Arts (English) teachers are tasked with teaching high school juniors and seniors how to craft personal essays to use for their college applications. I believe teachers can find many posts on my blog here...

Great Essay

by | Apr 15, 2016

<img style="display:block; margin:0 auto;text-align:center" src="https://www.essayhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/EssayHellFinal950x300.jpg"> Welcome friends! I’m Janine Robinson, the writing coach behind the Essay Hell blog, tutoring and editing...

Find a Topic

by | Apr 15, 2016

How to Find Your Required Essays   The first step to writing your college application essay is to figure out what applications you will use. Then you learn what essays they require and the prompts (essay questions) you need to write about. To start, check out...

How to Write Short Essays: A Slideshare Tutorial

by | Mar 31, 2016

Learn the Secret to Nailing a Short Essay for Your College Applications Students applying to college often spend most of their energy on their core essay for The Common Application or larger universities. They will soon learn, however, that they need to master the art...