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Let’s be brutally honest here! Good grades aren’t cutting it anymore. Grades, test scores, work experinece, and other activities have become statistics with just how many applicants colleges need to parse through. Even the best stats make you just that: a statistic. In fact, Northeastern University had a daunting 31.12% acceptance rate. Yikes. That’s why … Read more
It’s beautiful, isn’t it? Dartmouth College. You’ve seen what it looks like, you’ve read everything about it, and you’ve probably fantasized in the shower about your first year there as a freshman. Using up all the hot water in the house, probably. Though, that doesn’t matter. What matters is that you know Dartmouth College is … Read more
You may be under the presumption that the Stanford short answer questions are easy to write… too easy. That’s right, if you happened upon this article, you may have been suspicious of how seemingly short the Stanford short answer questions are. After all, 50 words can be done in a few minutes, right? If you’re … Read more
Here at PenningPapers, we’ve seen people go through the same thought process every year: “I’ve just been rejected from medical school. Now what? What do I do?” We set this guide up as a step-by-step process. Getting rejected from medical school sucks. Seriously. We get it too! There’s still hope, at the end of the … Read more
One of the weird things about U Mich’s supplemental essays isn’t really the essays themselves. Rather, here at PenningPapers, we noticed no one gives comprehensive details on how to ACTUALLY write the essay questions. All writing advice, not just for U Mich essays, must tell you how to ACTUALLY approach the essays. Unfortunately, most advice … Read more
Read This Before You Write Your University of Chicago Essays If you’re searching for help on how to answer the University of Chicago essay prompts, make sure to read through this article in its entirety. I’m not joking. It’s too easy to disregard the University of Chicago essay prompts. This is certainly a death sentence. … Read more
Alright, it’s storytime! This is about our client and how he wrote his Purdue University essays. We’re going to be reviewing step-by-step how we guided him through the Purdue Supplemental essay prompts. It’s important for you to follow this guide as closely as possible. This is because the Purdue essay prompts are so short. Because … Read more
Look, there’s no easy way to say this. There’s a big elephant in the room –it was there the moment you opened this article. Want to know its name? Racism. Its name is racism. That’s right. It’s on your mind, it’s on your parents’ mind, and it’s on my mind. Want to know what’s crazy? … Read more
So, you’re looking for the best advice on how to write the NYU transfer essays. Transferring to NYU is going to be an uphill battle. It doesn’t matter how strong your GPA is. If you have the same academic achievement as the average transfer applicant, you have a 24.63% chance of getting accepted. As for … Read more
When you plan to write your college essay about divorced parents, you may be concerned about the practicality and appropriateness of the topic. This essay topic seems to be something that a lot of people ask about. Usually, they ask this: “Is it okay to write my college essay about divorced parents?” Here’s our honest … Read more