College
College applications, minus the guesswork.
Standing out doesn’t take a perfect résumé. It takes passion, practice, and a couple of teachers who know you. Start with the guide for your year.
Unique applications aren’t what you think
What Harvard’s own documents say about standing out, and why passion beats a perfect résumé.
Read the guide →SeniorsPractice expressing yourself
Writing prompts and short readings that build the skill college essays need: writing about you.
Read the guide →SeniorsThe college essay checklist
Go through every essay and supplement, one question at a time, before you hit submit.
Read the guide →JuniorsGreat recommendations come from asking for help
How to build real relationships with the two teachers who’ll write about you.
Read the guide →All high schoolersInsights on the college process
Rarely talked about strategies, ideas, and what-not-to-do’s.
Read the guide →SeniorsEvery essay needs four key elements
A short video on what your extracurriculars, essays, and awards each have to show.
Watch the video ↓Seniors
Every essay needs four key elements.
A walk through one successful Princeton application: the extracurriculars, the essays, the awards, and what each of them had to show.