Essays
8 Things High School Seniors Need To Be Doing Now
For high school seniors, it’s crunch time. Deadlines for college applications are looming, so it’s time to get focused. Here are 8 things seniors need to be doing now. 1. Meet college reps. This is the time of year when admission officers are racking up frequent flyer miles as they meet with prospective students throughout […]
6Oct2010 | Lynn | 1 comment | ContinuedCommon Data Set 101
The Common Data Set can be a great tool for researching colleges and universities. You can learn what a Common Data Set is by reading the post that I wrote yesterday: Researching Colleges With the Common Data Set Today I’m going to explore how you can use the Common Data Set to gain insights into […]
2Sep2010 | Lynn | 0 comments | ContinuedNo. 1 Tip for Writing a Great Admission Essay
Hey, how about starting your college admission essay today? Are any parents out there already bugging their soon-to-be high school seniors to start writing their college admission essay? I realize this is going to be a hard sell with teenagers, but summer is the perfect time to write the admission essay. So here’s my No. […]
14Jun2010 | Lynn | 2 comments | Continued
Don’t Write Like a College Professor
Do you write like a college professor? If you do, rid yourself of the habit. College graduates who write like their college professors could find their job search even harder. The business world favors employees who can write simple, declarative sentences. In contrast, college professors are masters at obfuscation. They write stilted prose. They embrace […]
11Nov2009 | Lynn | 3 comments | ContinuedWriting a Winning College Essay
The seniors at my son’s high school are in a panic. They can’t procrastinate any longer. They have to write their dreaded college essay. A lot of college essays fail because students are so afraid of messing up. It’s hard for teenagers to be genuine when they worry about alienating admission officers. I had the […]
9Oct2009 | Lynn | 1 comment | ContinuedCollege Blog Roundup: University Crisis, High School Applications, Dumbest Generation
For all my faithful visitors, I want to let you know that I’m trying to eliminate all the kinks on my newly remodeled blog. So please be patient! As always, here is my latest weekend round up of my college blog posts that I wrote for CBSMoneyWatch.com. Guess Who the Dumbest Generation Is Are teenagers […]
4Oct2009 | Lynn | 0 comments | ContinuedWriting Your Way Out of College
One of my most vivid memories at the University of Missouri was of the strange grade that I received on an honors term paper. The English professor gave me a “B+ +” for the final paper in my existentialist literature course. When I saw that grade I was ticked off. What the heck, I wondered, […]
8Sep2009 | Lynn | 1 comment | Continued
A College Game Plan for High School Seniors
The other day I brought up the “E” word with my son. Ben is about to start his senior year in high school and he needs to begin thinking about the college admission essay that he’s going to write. Ben’s reaction was typical of a lot of seniors: He groaned. Undeterred, I told him that […]
27Aug2009 | Lynn | 0 comments | Continued
Write That College Essay Now!
A strange thing happened to me last night. I had started a post about dealing this summer with one of the real pains of the college application process – the college essay. But then I got distracted and walked out of my office. I wandered out to the patio to talk to my son’s girlfriend […]
16Jul2009 | Lynn | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Dreaded College Essay
It was my morning to drive the carpool and since there was one high school senior slumped in the back seat of my aging Volvo station wagon, the topic of college applications arose. Shannon began stressing out loud about the essay she had to write for her application to a University of California campus. Like […]
20Nov2008 | Lynn | 0 comments | Continued
