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Have you checked out these essays yet in the NYT? Link in bio! Reading essays that work is a great way to brainstorm and reflect for your own essay. It’s also a way to analyze writing strategies that you can use in your own essay. Over the n
Brainstorm (and self-care check-in) on this Monday morning! ☀️ In the midst of assignments, activities, obligations that populate your day... what’s something you do for you and only you (and not for your teachers, parents, resume)? Random ho
How about a brainstorm for this Monday morning? (Or maybe I’m just looking for recs... 😉) There are countless documentaries, poems, novels, tv series, and movies both old and new that have helped me process, escape, reflect, define, and deve
⚡️BRAINSTORMING⚡️ @commonapp has released the 2021-22 questions, which means it’s a good time to start thinking essay topics! I’m designed this graphic up for a reason... let’s be literal here for a second and think about what brai
With this year’s application surge at highly selective schools, your essay matters now more than ever. De-stress your college process with creative, practical, empathetic essay coaching. Ready to connect? 💡
Necessary reading by Elijah Megginson, a high school student who wrote a guest essay for the @nytimes this weekend. I don’t believe that essays have to be trauma focused in order to be successful, especially for marginalized students, despite
🌸 Just so typically MAY 🌸 What are you looking forward to this month? What are your goals and to-dos? Juniors, I know APs are coming soon... but what else is on the calendar? 🗓
My favorite part of the process is getting to text “congrats!” on my phone with confetti so... A public congratulations to all my students and all the students who have achieved so much over the last few months of college decisions and t
I even have to practice my writing! Playing around with some new copy for my website... swipe! Link in bio. 🔝
Students practice every other part of the application process... WHY NOT ESSAYS? This is my rallying cry of sorts... but students practice APs and SATs, college tours and interviews— why don’t we also provide opportunities for the practi
Thinking about getting a head start on your college essays? I don’t believe in HOW TO guides but I believe in TRY TO guides! Check out my tips and tricks... link in bio! 💡
Remember that the newest prompt on the @commonapp has to do with GRATITUDE. Have you ever kept a gratitude journal? 🌟 Writer friend @rodriguez_wrote_emilia reminded me that this practice brings joy! Along with increasing happiness and well-being, t
April ☔️! Seniors! You’re almost there! Just a few more days of waiting... then May, and hopefully flowers and acceptances for all! 🌻 What are your goals for this month?
Like Walt Whitman says, you contain multitudes, but I love to help my students find ways that help Admissions understand (and remember) who they are. ✍️ I’m calling this a QUALITY CONTAINER... descriptors that help connect your, maybe contrad
🌱Spring is here! Considering the new season and the changes this time brings for many of you high school students. What definition of the verb are you channeling in the coming months? 🗓 What kind of writing content do to want to support you in your