College Admissions

How to Effectively Get Your College Recommendations

This post was written by our friends AdmitSee. The college application isn't just about how well you can talk about yourself. You also need someone who is willing to recommend and agree with the intellectual...

Need Help Writing Your College Essay?

Exciting news at TCE, fam! We're launching our annual College Essay Writing Mentorship Program! WOOT! Last year, our program connected hundreds of college bound students and current college students to write and annihilate college admissions essays...

Want to join Our Swagtastic Team? Here's Your Chance

Hey Peeps! Want to join our super stellar swagtastic squad (alliteration FTW)!? Here's your chance! We're currently rolling out a bunch of new programs to help you folks annihilate the college admissions process (and life). We're...

How to Write Application Essays and Prompts

The time to write your essays came faster than you thought. Hopefully, you gave yourself a little more time to view the prompts for each application and time to write and edit your responses rather...

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The ultimate goal of college is to propel one into their future. So, it comes with no surprise that students should pick a college that they feel comfortable going to, one that emphasizes the...

Get Started Early! How Preparation Leads to Admission

Possibly the best thing that one could do in the college admissions process is to start early, and start well. Too often over-achieving students procrastinate starting their application essays until a couple of weeks,...

Uh, Why Didn't I Get In...?

It's that time of year again: college admissions notification. For some, this time of year is an affirmation of the handwork, endless club meetings, and hundreds of volunteer hours they succumbed to gain entrance...

The University vs. The LAC: Strengths and Weakness of Each

In this article, I will be discussing the advantages and disadvantages of large universities versus small liberal arts colleges (LAC's). Through my recent college search, I have researched many of the aspects that I...

Tips for Creating a Top Supplemental Essay for Your Common Application

Many colleges require supplemental essays as a way to involve the applicant in providing specific responses as to why that applicant is the ideal fit for the particular college. The purpose behind this is...

College Application Proofreading Tips from an Editor-in-Chief

Grab a red pen and get ready to whip your college application essay into shape. At some point in your college search process, you'll need to edit your application-and not just the essay, but the...