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• Dartmouth Class of 2023 Writing Prompts

  17 Jun 2018

  Dartmouth released fabulous Fall 2019 application year supplemental writing prompts. They are great brainstorming prompts for all college applicants. Here are two. Check our our site for the rest. A. “I have no special talent,” Albert Einstein once observed. “I am only passionately curious.” Celebrate your curiosity. B. The Hawaiian […]

• University of Chicago Changes Admissions Policies

  14 Jun 2018

  University of Chicago Releases UChicago Empower Initiative The University of Chicago on June 14, 2018 released its UChicago Empower Initiative. Major features include a new test optional policy for domestic applicants, replacement of interviews with a two minute self-advocacy video, willingness to accept other materials, and new financial aid scholarships […]

• June 13 Updates-Emory Releases Essays

  14 Jun 2018

  June 13th Updates Emory released its supplemental essays for Fall 2019. Here’s a new one out of the four choices, of which applicants must answer two (150 word max for each). What do you want to bring from your community to the Emory University community? Check out our website and […]

• June 6 Fall 2019 Updates

  7 Jun 2018

  June 6, 2018 Colleges are beginning to release their updates. The University of California is keeping its same personal insight questions from last year. Georgetown University release its 2019 application. It shifted a couple of prompts.  APPLICANTS TO GEORGETOWN COLLEGE: What does it mean to you to be educated? How might […]

• Carnegie Mellon Removes Demonstrated Interest

  4 Jun 2018

  Carnegie Mellon Removes Demonstrated Interest In a fascinating move, Carnegie Mellon will not accept any additional materials, change interviews from evaluative to informational, and change longer additional essay to shorter prompts. They are also making these changes to waitlist members Below is the complete announcement as we find it transformative. […]