Admissions Essays-
The Personal Statement
An important part of the admissions process, the personal statement is an opportunity for the applicant to let individuality shine. A skilled tutor will help students brainstorm ideas, steer them towards ideas that best demonstrate what makes them most valuable to the schools, and provide guidance toward a finished product in the student's voice.
In today's test-optional environment, a well-crafted personal statement can be all the more helpful to a student seeking admission to his or her school of choice.
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I look forward to speaking with you about a plan to help your child craft an essay that best shows off to schools that which makes him or her unique.
A truly personal statement.
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Helpful Links
Common App Essay Prompts These have been the prompts since 2023-24, and they remain unchanged for the Class of 2026. While prompt 7 leaves room for any topic you wish, it's advisable to avoid a discussion of Covid-related issues. There is a separate area on the app to address such ideas, which is all the more reason not to go there in the main personal statement. Worth noting: this year, changes have been made to the optional "Additional Information" prompts.
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Coalition App Essay Prompts The other main application that brings together many schools under one banner. Since prompt 6 here is open-ended in the same manner as that of Prompt 7 in the Common App, a personal statement used for one may also be applied to the other. Of course, this is not entirely true of the supplemental essays for each school.