Join Stacey and Becca as they share insight into how they can sniff out an essay written with a heavy helping hand from AI from a mile away and group those clues into four categories. Are your college admissions essays guilty of any of these offenses?

Take a look at the AI-generated essay Becca reviewed:
https://www.collegeessayadvisors.com/why-cea/

Read Stacey's piece in Teen Vogue:
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ai-college-admissions-essays-chatgpt

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Join Stacey and Becca as they discuss the Transfer Objective Statement. They cover the most frequent mistakes transfer applicants make while writing their admissions essays, as well as advice for drafting transfer essays that stand out.

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Join Stacey and Becca as they discuss the increasing trend of applicants using AI to write their college admissions essays. They discuss the current climate of admissions, what they’ve seen in their work with students, and what they’ve heard from their contacts in admissions offices.

Take a look at the AI-generated essay Becca reviewed:
https://www.collegeessayadvisors.com/why-cea/

Read Stacey's piece in Teen Vogue:
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ai-college-admissions-essays-chatgpt

Access CEA's Expert Supplemental Essay Guides:
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Join Stacey and Becca as they offer applicants tips for processing the disappointment of rejection, insight into the admissions decision process, and recommendations for how applicants can optimize their admissions essays ahead of Regular Decision deadlines.

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Why Rejection is Actually Good For You:
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Join Stacey and Becca as they discuss what being deferred means and what you can do to improve your odds of admission in the Regular Decision application round—both for your top-choice school and the remaining schools on your list. 

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Join Stacey and Becca as they offer listeners insight as to what applicants can expect upon signing up for an expert assessment of their college essay draft(s) and discuss their methods for constructively delivering feedback to young writers.

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Join Stacey and Becca as they walk you through one of their favorite ways of brainstorming for the personal statement: the object exercise! Take a look around your room and identify a few objects that are near and dear to you, then reflect on what they represent to you or remind you of. You may just identify a conduit to an impactful college essay topic!

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Join Stacey and Becca as they discuss strategies for writing essays about hardship that emphasize positive qualities that will empower you to succeed in higher education, rather than relying on common platitudes. They also touch on the pressure many marginalized students feel to “sell their pain” by sharing traumatic stories in their college essays and offer advice on how to avoid writing about challenges that may read as trivial to admissions.

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Watch our episode on How to Write About Summer Camp: https://youtu.be/YqdU3seD-NY

Read the guest essay from The New York Times entitled, "When I Applied to College, I Didn’t Want to ‘Sell My Pain’": https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/opinion/college-admissions-essays-trauma.html

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Join Stacey and Becca as they review common Activity Essay prompts, discuss the purpose of the essay within the scope of the larger application, offer guidance on which of your activities to expand upon, and flag common pitfalls to sidestep. 

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The prompts discussed in this episode read as follows:
- Stanford 2023-24 Activity Prompt: "Briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities, a job you hold, or responsibilities you have for your family. (50 word limit)"
- Georgetown 2023-24 Activity Prompt: "Briefly discuss the significance to you of the school or summer activity in which you have been most involved. (1/2 page, single-spaced, or approximately 300-400 words depending on font size)"
- Most common Activity Prompt: "Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences. (250 words)"

Join Stacey and Becca as they weigh the risks and benefits of writing about religion, faith, and politics in your college essay. Can applicants address potentially controversial topics without polarizing admissions? How should their school lists factor into the decision? Listen to get some expert advice from the people behind College Essay Advisors.

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