What many students get wrong in their college essays is picking one approach but writing it as if it were the other. The most common mistake I see students make is choosing approach #2 when their writing is best suited…
Another mistake to avoid in your college essays is narrating your resume (listing all of your experiences with little regard to the prompt). This is problematic because when you introduce many tangential points, they dilute and detract from your main…
ALL students make mistakes in their college essays, even strong writers. One of the most common mistakes is writing “garble,” which is a term I coined to refer to filler words that sound like you’re saying something but are so…