Applying to college is essentially like selling a product–yourself. Think of it this way: colleges want to get to know you. That’s why they have…
For many college students, the hardest decision may not be deciding what to major in, but rather, what to double major or minor in. Generally,…
What many people don’t realize before applying to college is how stressful, time consuming, and tedious the financial aid (FA) process can be. With required…
It’s May of your senior year, and you’ve already figured out where you’re going to college. The stress of trying to balance the application process,…
It’s been six weeks since you took the SAT. You start to get anxious about your results. You’re optimistic — Maybe this will be the…
Interested in majoring in International Relations (IR)? Have no idea what IR, also known as International Affairs, even is? Either way, you’ve come to the…
Last summer, while most of my friends packed up for their drive to nearby colleges, I began frantically preparing for my transcontinental journey to school…
When paying for college, the list of expenses never seems to end. Besides tuition, housing, and food, there are often activity fees, insurance bills, textbook…
“So why did you apply to USC?” As a student from Upstate New York, I was asked this question a lot throughout my senior…
The summer before my freshman year at the University of Southern California, I was anxious about a lot of things. Would I be able to…
We’re all familiar with the classic “Sob Story” essay, a narrative about some sort of tragedy — death, divorce, cancer, etc. — and how it’s…
Supplements. You either love ‘em or you hate ‘em (probably the latter). In case you didn’t know, supplemental essays are short essays, usually ranging from…
