Hello and Welcome!
FREE PREVIEWThe Timeline of College Admissions
FREE PREVIEWHow Do You Apply to College?
Early Decision and Early Action
How to Organize This Process
Please Be Nice to Yourself
Choosing Schools
Organizing Your List and Getting Ready
Dispelling Myths About Safety Schools
The Truth About Ivy League Admissions
Why Is Geography Important?
Schools Not on the Common App
Applying Outside the US
Choosing Your Prompt
Save These Ideas for Supplements
Avoid These Topics
Is This the Right Topic?
The 8-Minute Timed Write
FREE PREVIEWFormatting
Easy Essay Structure
The First Draft
The Second Draft
Tenets of Good Storytelling
Ivy League Writing Tips
How to Catch Errors
How to Brainstorm
Basic Editing (Common Word Errors)
Basic Editing (Punctuation)
Advanced Editing
Who Should Edit My Essay?
When Is It Done?
Why Are Supplement Essays Important?
What Are Colleges Looking for?
Double (and Triple, and Quadruple) Dipping
Secret Supplements
"Why Our School?"
"Tell Us About Your Unique Identity"
"How Have You Been of Service?"
"How Will You Contribute?"
Location-Specific Prompts
Navigating College Websites
Arts Supplements
The Busy Work
The SAT and ACT
Your High School Transcript
The Activities Section
The FAFSA, Scholarships, and Financial Aid
Letters of Recommendation
Does Everything Look Good?
How the Common App Takes Payment
Reading Over the PDF
Celebrating (Dos and Don'ts)
Students who took this course gave us permission to share the essays they wrote that gained them admission to their top-choice schools.
Read real, powerful essays written using the methods in this course. These students gained admission to Ivy League and other top-tier schools.
Take a look at how students in this course used these strategies to write supplement essays that gained them admission to their top-choice schools.
“I can't believe it. I'm into all my top-choice schools. Bennington gave me $168,000 and Oberlin gave me $95,000. Now I get to tour them and see if I like them already knowing that they like me!”
Nina, student, CT
“Nathaniel is an exceptional tutor! He is lively, funny and knowledgeable. He effortlessly brings our introverted teen out of her shell. We are beyond grateful to him for working with our daughter to create a unique essay that captures her individuality. She is actually enjoying this process which is an unexpected gift.”
Irene, parent, NYC
“So happy we found YOU! Our secret weapon! You explain things so well, like a teacher should.”
Jo, parent, LA
“I GOT INTO TULANE EARLY! I literally walked into my friend’s volleyball game and started screaming.”
Willa, student, NYC
