College Application Essay Guides

TIPS & GUIDES

• Tip Sheet: An Admissions Dean Offers Tips -- NY Times
• Essays that Worked -- Models from Johns Hopkins
• Best College Essays -- Teen Ink
• 100 College Application Essay Topics
• Writing an Application Essay
• Online Application Essay Brainstorming -- U of Wisconsin-Madison
• 10 Twitter Feeds to Follow as You Apply to Colleges -- Campus Explorer
• Tips for Writing an Effective College Application Essay -- The College Board
  • The College Board Big Future Example Essay 1
  • The College Board Big Future Example Essay 2
  • 8 Tips from The College Board

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Attention Juniors!

Here's a New York Times article on how to prepare to have something to say in your College Application Essay.