by Danielle Bianchi Golod | Apr 1, 2012 | Application Essays
[symple_box color=”red” fade_in=”false” float=”center” text_align=”left” width=””] Update October 2016: The UC essay questions have changed! Please read this post for more information about the new personal...
by Danielle Bianchi Golod | Sep 20, 2011 | Application Essays
How NOT to Format Your Essay This is part III in a three-part series on how to format a personal statement or application essay. How to Format Your Personal Statement How Not to Format Your Personal Statement Part I How Not to Format Your Personal Statement Part II...
by Danielle Bianchi Golod | Aug 2, 2011 | Application Essays
When I first meet with families and students, they always ask about the college essay, aka “the personal statement.” Fears and questions run the gamut. Some students elude topic altogether and are in denial that they will need to write one. Others just have no idea...
by Danielle Bianchi Golod | Jul 28, 2011 | Applying to College
Each year my students tend to fall for the same mistakes when filling out college applications. Because the UC, Common Application, and many others have not yet revealed their 2011-2012 Fall application, I will base these mistakes on past years’ applications. Most...
by Danielle Bianchi Golod | Jul 22, 2011 | Application Essays
This is part II in a three-part series on how to format a personal statement or application essay. How to Format Your Personal Statement How Not to Format Your Personal Statement Part I How Not to Format Your Personal Statement Part II Personal Statement Essay...
by Danielle Bianchi Golod | Jul 19, 2011 | Application Essays
Following up on examples of how to begin and end your personal statement, I wanted to post another great beginning and ending from one of my private counseling students. BEGINNING I am not scared of heights, crowds, closed spaces, spiders, or snakes. My pulse hardly...
by Danielle Bianchi Golod | Jul 18, 2011 | Application Essays
How to Begin & End Your Essay Sometimes it’s easier to understand how to write a personal statement by reading through some good examples. I am not giving these 3 examples so that anyone can use them for themselves. This is just a good way to see how the lessons...
by Danielle Bianchi Golod | Jul 15, 2011 | Application Essays
This is part I in a three-part series on how to format a personal statement or application essay. How to Format Your Personal Statement How Not to Format Your Personal Statement Part I How Not to Format Your Personal Statement Part II How Not to Begin Many students...
