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In this article, we’ll cover everything you need to know about how to get accepted into UC Berkeley. It’s certainly not easy, but let’s get a few things out of the way. We’ll be putting this article into three different parts: how hard it is to get in, what it takes to get in, and … Read more
Chances are, you’re reading this article because you’re looking to find some glimmer of hope after getting deferred or waitlisted from your top-choice school. First order of business: get off TikTok. Social media is doing no favors in getting you in the right headspace. Trust us. It’ll just make you more resentful of other accepted … Read more
If you’ve just been rejected to the UC school of your dreams and want to appeal, knowing how to write the UC appeal letter is crucial. But first, let’s consider a few points before getting to the good stuff. As much as the tears flow heavily, please, please consider the math of the admissions appeal … Read more
“Is it okay to write my college essay about anime?” As an admissions consultant who is tired of this question, I’m going to go against the grain here. Yes, but it depends on how it is written. You simply need to write it without coming off as awkward. There are limits to writing your college … Read more
Prepare yourselves, dear readers: this is a comprehensive guide on how to answer the USC short answer questions. It’s quite in-depth; so, we hope this will be the only guide you need! Many of our students ask us how to answer the USC short answer questions. Particularly, they’d ask, “What do they even want us … Read more
This article covers 8 successful UC Irvine transfer essay examples. Essays 1-4 belong to our first applicant, and essays 5-8 belong to our second applicant. Here’s a bit of perspective on how difficult the transfer rate for UC Irvine is. We’ve pasted their info for the previous year’s admissions cycle. Let’s dig further. UCI’s transfer … Read more
In today’s article, we cover with you you with three Successful UC Santa Cruz essay examples that we were provided to us. We thought this would be a rather interesting set of essay examples to cover because these were actually not edited by us. These essays were one of the 47.4% accepted into UCSC, so … Read more
Willamette University is a school in Salem, Oregon with both a high admission rate and a high barrier of entry. This can be a bit misleading, so before we get to our featured successful Willamette University sample essays, we’d like to discuss the admissions landscape. Willamette University Admissions Profile. Average GPA: 3.82 Average SAT: 1230/1600 … Read more
As an SAT Prep instructor who worked in the Socal region for 4 years, I’ve compiled some of the basic techniques on how to improve your SAT score fast. In my four years, I’ve managed to increase scores from 1300-1700 in just about 5-6 weeks (For the 2400 scale, of course) and from 800 -1200 … Read more
In this article, we provided some of the USC supplemental essay examples that got accepted. With that said, here is some background information. The University of Southern California is a highly coveted school by many competitive students. The prestige and reputation of the school is not the only thing that makes it attractive. Its many … Read more