Month: May 2017

Hampshire College

Type: College Size:  Small Style: Non-Traditional/Outside-the-Box Honors College: N/A Affiliations: Five College Consortium (UMass Amherst; Amherst College; Smith; Mount Holyoke) Student Body: Undergraduate  (1376 Students) Testing:  NO SAT/ACT Required Admissions: Applied: 2671; Accepted: 1789  (67%); Class Size: 331; Early Decision 81% Average GPA: 3.45 Students of Color: 31% Male-Female: 41%-58% Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 10.6:1 Freshman Retention Rate: 82% Freshman Graduating […]

How to Organize and Start Writing Your College Essay

REVISED 08.17.2022. Most students are taught how to write persuasive essays, and analytical papers.  Very rarely are you taught how to write something autobiographical, which is what a college essay is all about. Writing an essay that can be digested by a reader moving through your file in 1-3 minutes? None of y’all learn this. […]

Get Over Graduating and Godlike Delusions

Every year, clever seniors, already admitted to a college or university, think that they have the game beat. They are, momentarily, immortal and untouchable. Please allow us to strip your waxen wings before the colleges that have just admitted you melt them for you.  Avoid these pitfalls because the colleges that admitted you take action that can […]