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About College - a complete guide to everything you ever really wanted to know about college life, but didn't know whom to ask.

The Admissions Office -- a guide to help college-bound high school seniors and your parents in selecting schools. Resources include: links to virtual tours, ratings, admission criteria, financial aid materials and scholarship opportunities of colleges and universities, and more.

ACT, Inc -- the official site of one of the major college admission tests, offering sample questions, test-taking strategies, and the ability to register for the test online.

CollegeData -- created for college-bound high school students and your families, this site helps you conduct a college search, qualify for college admission, find financial aid and apply for a student loan. No cost.

College Planning -- provides students and your families with information on college selection, admission, financial aid, and scholarships. Includes sections for college planning for high school students, elementary and middle school students, and adults returning to college.

eCollegeApps.com -- where college applicants can request information for more than 3,000 college and universities and obtain admission materials (including applications and view books) electronically or via postal mail. Also includes college admissions tips and advice. Free service.

My College Guide -- where college-bound students can search for colleges that meet your criteria (such as location, cost, freshman class size, school type) -- or browse the alphabetical listings, get critical advice from the Admissions Guru, read interesting articles about college life, and more. Free to students.

EssayEdge -- with over 100 free sample college and graduate school application essays and pages and pages of essay writing tips, this site is the Net's largest resource for admissions essay consulting and editing.

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Lesson One:
Tackling the Question
Lesson Two:
Brainstorming a Topic
Lesson Three:
Structure and Outline
Lesson Four:
Style and Tone
Lesson Five:
Intros and Conclusions
Lesson Six:
Editing and Revising



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Application Essay Writing 101


The application is a lifeless thing--a few sheets of paper and a few numbers.
The essay is the best way to breathe life into it. -
Admissions Officer

Welcome to EssayEdge’s Admissions Essay writing course. After editing tens of thousands of admissions essays for applicants, we created the ultimate course for students seeking an extra edge in the ultra-competitive college and graduate school application process.

The course contains six lessons and over 100 pages of content. Each of the lessons should help you with a different portion of the essay. 

Enter the course by clicking a link below or to the left.

Lesson One: Tackling the Question

Question-specific strategies and samples of various types of  questions with comments by admissions officers:

From ESSAYS THAT WILL GET YOU INTO COLLEGE, by Amy Burnham, Daniel Kaufman, and Chris Dowhan.
Copyright 1998 by Dan Kaufman.  Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's Educational Series, Inc.