Cheerleading is a real sport: Are cheerleaders shamed for what they like to do the most? Colleges spend too much money on sports programs. Animal sports should be banned and criminalized. The types of ads broadcast during sports events watched by children and teenagers should be controlled. Bett...
Last year’sSupreme Court decision that prevents colleges from using race or ethnicityas a factor in admissions has changed the game. However, students can still detail how these cultural details have shaped them. Mesquita notes that “for students of color, it can be particularly challenging to ...
Please note: Looking at examples of real essays students have submitted to colleges can be very beneficial to get inspiration for your essays. You should never copy or plagiarize from these examples when writing your own essays. Colleges can tell when an essay isn’t genuine and will not view...
Cheerleading is a real sport: Are cheerleaders shamed for what they like to do the most? Colleges spend too much money on sports programs. Animal sports should be banned and criminalized. The types of ads broadcast during sports events watched by children and teenagers should be controlled. ...
Write for your audience: Use language and phrases that your audience will understand. Writing for teens looking at colleges requires a different style than publishing finance data for investment firms. Write purposefully: Make every word count. Go sentence by sentence and ask yourself if each one ...
Also, this is the time of year for you to start getting to know which sort of courses you like? Are you into more of the science classes, math, maybe English? Or perhaps it’s an elective course, like AP Seminar/AP Research/AP Comp Sci, etc. Colleges like to know what you are in...
The number one advice for me has to be: don't overcomplicate things. As an editor I spend a lot of time simplifying sentences. I can see what the author is trying to get at, but he/she is doing it in a very roundabout way which actually ends up standing in the way of the text ...
Don't be a dabbler. Colleges would rather see the depth of involvement in one or two activities, rather than a large number of extracurricular activities that reflect superficial involvement. It will be more impressive if you are involved with theater for four years rather than theater for a ...
It’s not the sort of theatre taught in the local colleges. The sub-title, I think, really gets it right when calling it a “grisly spectacle.” Author Mel Gordon has thoroughly researched this popular French form of drama and given us a look at the performers, the stories, and the ...
What’s Ahead for Colleges, School Choice, and the Department of Education? Education Next Trump has won a second term. Here’s what that means for schools., Chalkbeat Experts expect civil rights enforcement to change and transgender students to lose new protections. What’s at Stake for Schoo...