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Articles on College Essays-

1. How to Conquer the College Application Essay by Rachel Toor August 2, 2017

2. NBC News "Dreading Writing your College Application Essay? Tips From the Pros" by Allison Slater Tate,July 26, 2016

3. This Year's College-Bound Essayists and Their Beautiful Contradictions by Ron Leiber New York Times, May 12, 2017

4. "[|7 Proven Tips for Successful College Application Essays]" - Money Magazine by Stephanie Kline Wassink, August 6, 2016

5. Business Insider "I Was an Ivy League Admission's Officer " Dec 8, 2015

7. Tips for Writing an Effective College Application Essay - Big Future

8 Tips for Crafting Your Best College Essay- Big Future Slideshow

9. Students Speak: How I Conquered the College Application Essay- Big Future

10. Video Experts Share Tips on Application EssaysSanta Clara University

11. Demystifying the College Essay

12. 5 Horrible Essay Topics

13. How to Write the perfect college essay for the common app (limit 650 words- enforced)

14. Going Beyond Cliche: How to Write a Great College Essay

15. New York Times Choice article "Stuck on the Essay-Try writing a letter to an Imaginary roommate" on finding a topic for the college essay

16. What 'Mundane Moments' from your life might make great essay material?

17. Daily Beast: The College Essay- How to Write a Winning Ivy League Essay

18. Boston University: Write an Essay that Stands Out

19. How To Write Your College Essay- video

20. Carleton College Essay Tips

21. Common Application Essay -Tips for the Personal Essay Options on the Common Application

22. The College Admissions Essay: Finding a Topic

23. Advice on Whittling your Admissions Essay

24. College Application Essays as Haiku? For Some, 500 words aren't Enough

25. Juniors: In the Quiet of Summer, Start Your Essays

26. Tip Sheet: An Admissions Dean Offers Advice on Writing a College Essay

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 1.5;">27 Four Qualities of An Amazing College Essay- The College Essay Guy

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 1.5;">30. Conquering the College Essay

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 1.5;">31. The Last and Definitive Word on Writing The Common Application Essay

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 1.5;">32. 10 Tips for Writing the College Application Essay

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 1.5;">33. Stanford Magazine: First Lines from Application Essays

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34. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tufts -Picking Your College Essay topic: A Venn Diagram

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">35. Common Application Prompts 2017-18

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Listen to Ambar read her college essay.

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Ten Myths and Facts About College Admissions

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">A Dean's Advice to Seniors: Don't Slack Off

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Why This College? Advice on answering this questions from About Education

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">College Confidential: Why This College Essay

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Why This College? Essays That Worked From Tufts

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How Colleges Know What You Can Afford (and the limits of that tactic) by Kevin Carey New York Times May 17, 2017