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YBCE In The News

The Seattle Times just published my perspective on the college admissions essay, post-COVID and SCOTUS obliterating affirmative action in admissions. Here it is: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-rise-of-the-confessional-college-essay/

2023-2024 Boston College Supplement Essays

This year Boston College changed their essay prompts. I’m going to be honest, I have never loved their essays. They weren’t inspiring, and applicants struggled to find answers for many of the prompts. But (thanks, BC!) this year they changed them enough to...

YBCE In The News

With SCOTUS recently gutting affirmative action in college admissions, everyone (most importantly, the applicants) are trying to determine what they can and should write about in their essays. Inside Higher Ed interviewed me about my thoughts on the topic. You can...

2023-2024 Harvard Supplement Essays

Harvard has their essays out – same as last year. Honestly, Harvard, time to revamp these. The 150 word extracurricular, and the 150 optional intellectual life are back. Don’t feel like you have to answer the optional essay just to fill a box. You really should have...

2023-2024 Dartmouth Supplement Essays

The new Dartmouth prompts are out, very similar to last year’s but there are some new ones, and they’ve grouped the short answers. “…nerdy side,” is a surprise. They’ll see a lot of tech, so find something else that’s nerdy.  The Kermit the Frog quote could be...