Three 1 hour sessions. Thanks to the Common App, colleges are dealing with tens of thousands more applications than ever before. Therefore, the supplemental essays are becoming more critical in the admissions decisions, as application readers are looking for more nuanced, distinct, and personal engagement with their school. In other words, these short (typically 250-word) mini-essays should be prioritized just as much—if not more—than the personal statement. The small word count necessitates extraordinarily tight editing to craft a response that is effective.
Three 1 hour sessions. Thanks to the Common App, colleges are dealing with tens of thousands more applications than ever before. Therefore, the supplemental essays are becoming more critical in the admissions decisions, as application readers are looking for more nuanced, distinct, and personal engagement with their school. In other words, these short (typically 250-word) mini-essays should be prioritized just as much—if not more—than the personal statement. The small word count necessitates extraordinarily tight editing to craft a response that is effective.