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Students spend lots of time and energy on their main common application essay or personal statement and sometimes rush through their college-specific supplemental essays without much thought or care. College admissions officers report that supplemental essays play an increasingly important role in the college application process. A supplemental essay is an extra essay beyond the personal statement or the primary application essay. It typically asks a creative question,…
Katie Bacon joined the Educational Advocates team this month and will be working as an essay specialist. She is an experienced writer, editor, and interviewer who worked for The Atlantic in Boston for ten years before the magazine moved to Washington, DC. She has written everything from profiles to personal essays to reviews to scientific critiques, and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, TheBoston Globe, The New York Times, and Harvard’s Ed. magazine, among other places.…
With summer approaching, it is the perfect time to select some books to read on the beach or on the porch with a tall glass of lemonade. With the volume of homework you manage all year it can be hard to find time to read for pleasure. Remember the joy you get from reading a riveting story and not wanting to put it down? Our friends at Wellesley Books offer recommendations in a range of genres:
Keep your grades up and complete your assignments with effort. The learning you do now will position you for college-level work.
If you have a learning or physical disability, or health issue, request college accommodations now.
Be timely in your response to information requests from your prospective college so you get priority for orientation, course choices, housing, and the like.
Avoid senioritis and disciplinary issues that could impact your college matriculation.
When teachers receive a student’s request for a college recommendation, they first consider some questions. What are this student’s strengths? Can I give specific examples of how the student demonstrated these strengths? How did this student do in my class in terms of grades and effort? What might this student contribute to their college or program of interest?
As you might gather from these questions, writing letters of recommendation can be a complex task. If you …
Plan to visit or revisit colleges (virtually or in-person) as you make your final decision about where to matriculate next year.
Be sure to send your deposit and housing forms by the deadline of May 1 to secure your spot at a college. Some colleges offer the best housing to those who deposit first so bear this in mind.
Let your teachers and counselors who wrote recommendations know of your decision and be sure to thank them for their support.
Write thank you notes to the teachers and counselors who wrote recommendations on your behalf, informing them of your college decisions.
As your college decisions come in, make plans to attend accepted student events or online sessions to help you make a decision on where to matriculate.
Talk with current students to truly understand the campus culture.
If you are considering a gap year, make creating a plan a priority this month, and, if applying to a program, begin
Test optional policies and other impacts of the pandemic have resulted in skyrocketing applications at some colleges, decreases at others. This will have an effect on regular decisions applications for the class of 2021, including an expected increase in waitlist offers. This 16-minute video explains the role of yield and enrollment management in admissions decisions to help students and their parents understand the dynamics at play.
Haley Sherif, our new office coordinator, graduated from Emerson College in 2016 with a B.F.A. in Writing, Literature, and Publishing. For the last 10 years she has worked in customer service and as a nonfiction writer. Her pieces have been published in places such as: The Rumpus, Hobart Pulp, You Might Need to Hear This, Visual Verse, + others. In May 2021 she had an essay published in a queer anthology out by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. She lives in Brookline, MA where she…
Keep us informed of your admissions decisions. If you were deferred, update the college on your continued interest and new information such as test scores, leadership activities, or academic accomplishments. This video explains what to include in a letter of continued interest.
Avoid senioritis by keeping your grades up and avoiding disciplinary issues.
Juniors
As you research colleges, be sure to complete the virtual information sessions and tours, and look
Katie Bacon joined the Educational Advocates team this month and will be working as an 
Haley Sherif, our new office coordinator, graduated from Emerson College in 2016 with a B.F.A. in Writing, Literature, and Publishing. For the last 10 years she has worked in customer service and as a nonfiction writer. Her pieces have been published in places such as: The Rumpus, Hobart Pulp, You Might Need to Hear This, Visual Verse, + others. In May 2021 she had an essay published in a queer anthology out by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. She lives in Brookline, MA where she…