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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...

2023-2024 Yale Supplement

The new Yale supplement is out. And once again, Yale has only made meh prompts even more so. Instead of just teaching a course, you can write a book or create apiece of art. I guess that’s more choice. Significant influence? These questions always become a love...
2023-2024 UC PIQs: A Guide for College Applicants

2023-2024 UC PIQs: A Guide for College Applicants

As the academic year comes full circle, the University of California (UC) application season is again upon us, bringing the annual challenge of crafting compelling Personal Insight Question (PIQ) responses. These six prompts stand as the heart of the application,...