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		<title>Assume the essay is a really important part of the application</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;unless you know for a fact that the schools you&#8217;re applying to don&#8217;t care. Why leave anything to chance? Unless you&#8217;re applying to a school where you get in automatically based on grades, make every part of your application as good as you can. The more selective the school, the more important the essay. At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do parents (or English teachers) make good editors?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe. Before I explain that, you need to understand the difference between proofreading and editing. Editing is the process of going from a rough draft to a finished essay; it deals with what you&#8217;re saying, how you say it and how you organize it. Proofreading is checking for final errors, and happens at the end [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, I&#8217;m Barak. I help high school students write memorable college essays they&#8217;re proud of, and that help get them into the schools of their choice. Starting as early as January, my Stress-Busting, Get Ahead Program for Juniors makes the application and essay process much easier in the fall. I know this can be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should I have someone proofread my essay?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes! You don&#8217;t want the admissions officer to find your typos! I always have one or more people proof important pieces of writing. The more important it is, the more eyeballs I get on it. I do this for two reasons: I&#8217;m lousy at proofing my own writing, and you probably are as well. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How does my essay fit in with the rest of my application?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your essay makes you a real person Your grades, test scores, and lists of accomplishments don’t say much about who you are, what you believe, what you think or how you fit in with your community. Your interview (if you do one), recommendations and essay turn the raw data into a living, breathing person. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes a great college essay?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You want the admissions officer who reads your essay to go home and say wow, I read 75 essays today. I’m sick of high school students, of their summer trips and grandparents and their views on the Civil War and Romeo and Juliet. But there was this one kid whose essay I brought home for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to avoid in college essays</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[College admissions officers are all over the internet giving great first-hand advice on what to avoid when writing college essays. These are the people who know best! This list covers the major issues they warn about, and I add a few of my own. Don’t try to guess what the college wants. Read the prompt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some basic things to keep in mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing college essays is very different from most of the writing you do in high school. Your audience isn&#8217;t a teacher, and you are the subject of your essay. Here are some basic thoughts I like to keep in mind when I want to write something that&#8217;s effective and meaningful. Grab your reader from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stress-Busting, Get Ahead Program for Juniors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By September, seniors are dealing with the stresses of school, choosing colleges, filling out applications, and living the life of a teenager. Tossed into this is the most time-consuming and, for many colleges, the most critical part of the application: the essays. College essays stress out high school students. Stressed-out (or checked-out) students can lead [...]]]></description>
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