Senior year is here! Now is the time to applaud your kid’s junior year efforts and really start to engage them on their college list, essays and application strategies.
Ok, but how?
By now, they should have started their Common Application, right?!!! No? Please have them start now. https://www.commonapp.org/ It’s nice to get a jump on this and not wait until school starts when life can get hectic.
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Do you understand the power of literally grabbing the attention of an admissions reader? On average, an admissions officer may spend 4-7 minutes reading your child’s application.
Yikes!
Hence why the personal essay as well as the supplemental essays are so critical.
Any good parent lives to help their child to succeed, and in this college application season, you may need to help your child to brainstorm a topic. Their creative juices need to start churning and you may be able to help them. Trust me, opening lines matter.Â
Here are some of my favorite opening lines from our kids in the past:
“Getting kicked in the mouth is not fun. Especially when receiving the kick from a Brazilian 5th-degree blac...