The personal statement is likely to be the college application component over which you have the most control. But it is also an intimidating task to sum up the whole of your being into approximately 650 words. Here are my tips to take this process one step at a time.

Early Decision I, Early Decision II, Early Action, Single Choice Early Action, Regular, Rolling— aka ED I, EDII, SCEA, EA, RD… Ahhh! What does all of this even mean?

In my last post I gave three concrete steps to take when “eating the elephant” one bite at a time, making the college applications process more manageable. Let’s explore the next three “bites.”

College application season has officially begun.

Knowing where to start can be daunting. So many of my students show up trying to tackle it all at once. But like I always tell them, “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.”

So here are my suggestions for a few of your first bites: