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College Essay News and Tips CEAs Weekly Link Roundup - College Essay Advisors Admissions Essay Experts College Essay News and Tips: CEAs Weekly Link Roundup College Essay News and Tips: CEAs Weekly Link Roundup Do you ever get so fed up with the real world that you just want to leave the human race?  Get primal?  Go back to nature? Be a goat?  Or are you the Snow White type who befriends all creatures and even has them  at your wedding?  Or maybe your personal call of the wild can be answered by watching this wallaby hug a teddy bear.  Well, even if you don’t ever get the urge to spontaneously run away into the forest, sometimes the real world could definitely use a little fun injection.  In this week’s link roundup we encourage you to let your hair down. Yale, Cambridge, and Notre-Dame embrace the age of technology and incorporate video-chatting in to the application process! We know that the absolute number one thing you are looking for on your intrepid quest to find the perfect college is the quality of education that you will be receiving; however, the college experience and having fun is just as important.  Here is 2015’s list of top party schools. When you take a break from daydreaming about all the amazing things that college holds for you, take a minute to remember the admissions officers who are reading your essays.  If you’ve been keeping up with CEA’s info bytes, then you already know that they have a TON of work to do!  If not, check it out, it’s pretty intense!  So let’s give them a break.  In addition to submitting the best, most entrancing and well written college essay you possibly can, consider these 10 tips for writing for tired eyes. About Lydia HogarthView all posts by Lydia Hogarth » College Essay News and Tips CEAs Weekly Link Roundup - College Essay Advisors Admissions Essay Experts College Essay News and Tips: CEAs Weekly Link Roundup College Essay News and Tips: CEAs Weekly Link Roundup A LOT of really important stuff has happened over the past few  weeks.  The Republican Debate came and went (hope you were all watching to stay informed, you soon-to-be-voters!), Hoverboards are now totally a real thing, World of Warcraft released an AWESOME new expansion, and most importantly and tragically: Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy BROKE.UP!  And, wait a minute….something elseOH, RIGHT!  THE COMMON APP WENT LIVE ON AUGUST 1ST!!  But you all already knew that, since we know that you’re all STARTING EARLY and diligently working on your essays.  If you’re feeling stuck and need a break or some other food for thought, you’ve come to the right place!  It’s another update of CEA’s weekly link roundup!  Check it out: Interested in applying to Harvard?  Bolstering your vocabulary with these keywords might help you seal the deal for your acceptance. Full disclosure: we really hate clichés.  They take away from the wonderful originality that is you!  Take heed and avoid this horrible trap!  Here are some classic college essay clichés to avoid. Almost more than anything else, admissions officers want you to BE HONEST.  Be YOU.  In the midst writing the big common app essay and the dozens of other essays, the stress can build and it may be tempting to think “well, do I really have to write all of those essays myself?” The answer is yes.  Admissions officers can tell if an essay is not written by you, sadly, however, buying essays written by other people is becoming a trend. And finally, while we encourage you, dear applicants, to let your parents in on your process and ask them for advice, we also realize that there are boundaries.  This process is about you and what you need to stay unstressed and get in to the college of your dreams.  Here are 6 things that parents should NEVER do when their child is applying for college. About Lydia HogarthView all posts by Lydia Hogarth » College Essay News and Tips CEAs Weekly Link Roundup - College Essay Advisors Admissions Essay Experts College Essay News and Tips: CEAs Weekly Link Roundup College Essay News and Tips: CEAs Weekly Link Roundup Alright folks, the time has come.  It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights, it’s time to meet the wait a minute.  This isn’t the beginning of The Muppets, it’s another CEA weekly link round-up!  YAYYYYY!!!  This week we’re elaborating on the do’s and don’t’s of the college process for parents and students. Students, we know you have a ton more free time in the summer than during the semester (obviously), and that you’re just ITCHING for those supplemental essay questions to come out, and that once they do it can be oh-so tempting to just bang out all your applications and send them in as early as possible.  However, while it is important to start thinking about your essays as early as possible, it’s equally important not to jump the gun on hitting that submit button. Take some time to smell the roses (or the coffee that’s probably on your desk next to your essays). Josh Stephens explains some of the advantages to waiting before embarking on your essay writing journey. While you’re mulling over your brilliant college essays, here’s a handy checklist of other parts of the process you can work on this summer (and what’s coming up throughout the rest of the year!). If you’re still feeling overwhelmed by the essay writing prospect, no worries!  Elizabeth Benedict’s got your back with 10 tips on how to stay sane during this process.  Don’t worry, you’re going to be OKAY! (We promise). Parents, we didn’t forget about you.  We know you love your kids, and they love you back.  To help keep the pressure off them during this incredibly stressful time, here are 5 questions and statements to avoid once your child gets in to college. by Lydia Hogarth Want essay help on demand? Watch our video series. Check out more  Tips for Brainstorming Essay Topics. Read more about  The College Essay Advisors Process. About Lydia HogarthView all posts by Lydia Hogarth » College Essay News and Tips CEAs Weekly Link Roundup - College Essay Advisors Admissions Essay Experts College Essay News and Tips: CEAs Weekly Link Roundup College Essay News and Tips: CEAs Weekly Link Roundup Greetings and salutations (as my fave spider used to say)!  How are you spending the remainder of your summer months?  Giving your cat a trendy new Trump look?  Gazing at the night sky and pondering the amazing pictures and new insights about (ex)planet Pluto?  Or maybe you’d like to spend the rest of your summer drooling over the early release of the Suicide Squad trailer (thank you, Joss!).  In this week’s CEA link roundup, we offer you other suggestions on how to keep busy this summer, and some unique jobs that you might give a whirl: Money, gossip, and even MORE money? (No, Mad Men isn’t making a comeback).  Read up on the unique life-experience that can be gained from working as a bank teller for the summer. Are you a food enthusiast?  Do you live for Sunday brunch?  Take a walk on the other side of the food industry, here are 5 reasons why you should work in food service at least once. Neither of those tickling your fancy?  Here are four more jobs that Lynn Dixon thinks everyone should try. by Lydia Hogarth Want essay help on demand? Watch our video series. Check out more  Tips for Brainstorming Essay Topics. Read more about  The College Essay Advisors Process. About Lydia HogarthView all posts by Lydia Hogarth » College Essay News and Tips CEAs Weekly Link Roundup - College Essay Advisors Admissions Essay Experts College Essay News and Tips: CEAs Weekly Link Roundup College Essay News and Tips: CEAs Weekly Link Roundup With the anniversary of our nation’s birth just around the corner (cue the eagle squawking and flying overhead), summer is well underway!  Hopefully all of you are treating yourselves to some well deserved RR.  When your mouth isnt stuffed with a celebratory ice cream cone, there’s one thing that we at CEA hope you’re doing:  TALKING!  Talk to your parents, your siblings, your best friend, your dog, your cat, your uncharacteristically attentive goldfish, that crack on your wall that kind of gives you the willies every time you think about Doctor Whowhatever!  Get used to talking because colleges are eagerly waiting to hear what you have to say!  In this week’s link round-up, here’s the scoop on what colleges want to hear. Dan Edmonds gives the lo-down on what information schools really want and how your FAFSA and ACTs may be giving away more information than you thought… Speaking of which, did you know that there are key windows of time to file your FAFSA that will maximize your financial aid award? Youre welcome. Class of 2017 Harvard applicants were so enthusiastic about the optional essay, that Harvard has now made it mandatory once again! A major faux pas when applying to different colleges: starting rumors about them!  One high school senior fabricated a story of Harvard and Stanford fighting over her enrollment, adding that a joint degree programs between the two schools existed (sadly it  does not). Wish you had some cool coworkers to bounce ideas off of, but don’t have any?  Check out some of these job opportunities that will keep you stocked with plenty of stories for your college essay. About Lydia HogarthView all posts by Lydia Hogarth »