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H&C Education
- Feb 1
- 13 min
How to Get Into the Ivy League
Harvard. Princeton. Yale. Columbia. They’re some of the most prestigious schools in the world. For many students, attending one of them...
H&C Education
- Jan 14
- 4 min
How To Write the UNC-Chapel Hill Supplemental Essays (2021-2022)
Welcome to the UNC-Chapel Hill supplemental essay prompts for the 2021-2022 college application cycle!
H&C Education
- Nov 18, 2021
- 6 min
How To Write The Dartmouth College Supplemental Essays (2021-2022)
Welcome to the Dartmouth College supplemental essay prompts for the 2021-2022 application cycle! Here's everything you need to know to...
Adrianne Owings
- Nov 11, 2021
- 8 min
How To Write The University of California Essays (2021-2022)
Welcome to the 2021-2022 essay prompts for the University of California system! Here's everything you need to know to write the UC PIQs.
H&C Education
- Nov 5, 2021
- 4 min
How To Write The Cornell University Supplemental Essays (2021-2022)
Working on your Cornell application? Here’s how to write the Cornell supplemental essays you need to complete in addition to the Common App.
Adrianne Owings
- Oct 28, 2021
- 4 min
How To Write The University of Pennsylvania Supplemental Essays (2021-2022)
Working on your U Penn application? Here’s how to write the supplemental essays you need to complete in addition to your Common Application.
Adrianne Owings
- Oct 15, 2021
- 10 min
How to Write the Harvard Supplemental Essays (2021-2022)
Welcome to the Harvard supplemental essay prompts for the 2021-2022 college application cycle! Here's everything you need to know to...
Adrianne Owings
- Sep 23, 2021
- 6 min
How to Write the Columbia Supplemental Essays (2021-2022)
Welcome to the Columbia supplemental essay prompts for the 2021-2022 college application cycle! Here's everything you need to know to...
Adrianne Owings
- Sep 17, 2021
- 7 min
How To Write The Princeton Supplemental Essays (2021-2022)
Working on your Princeton supplemental essays? Whether you’re completing the “Your Voice” prompt or writing about an extracurricular...
Adrianne Owings
- Sep 10, 2021
- 6 min
How To Write The Yale Supplemental Essays (2021-2022)
From “What inspires you?” to describing your own Yale course, we’ve got you covered when it comes to answering the Yale supplemental...
Adrianne Owings
- Jul 22, 2021
- 6 min
Meet an H&C Student: Ahmad Alsheikh (Harvard ‘24)
Meet Ahmed Alsheikh, a Syrian refugee and current Harvard student who worked with H&C throughout his college admissions journey.
Racquel Bernard
- Dec 30, 2020
- 3 min
Last-Minute College Application Checklist
The January 1st deadline is fast approaching! Use this checklist as you finalize your applications or let us help. This first group of...
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- Sep 7, 2020
- 6 min
How To Write The University of Notre Dame Supplemental Essays (2020-2021)
You’ve got three essays to write for Notre Dame. Everyone must answer the first question (“Why This College?”).
H&C Education
- Aug 27, 2020
- 8 min
How To Write The University of California Essays (2020-2021)
Welcome to the 2020-2021 essay prompts for UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UC Rive...
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- Aug 27, 2020
- 4 min
How To Write The Princeton University Supplemental Essays (2020-2021)
Princeton University divides its numerous supplemental short answer and essay questions into “Activities,” “Summers,” “A Few Details”...
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- Aug 27, 2020
- 5 min
How To Write The Emory University Supplemental Essays (2020-2021)
Welcome to the Emory University supplemental essay prompts for the 2020-2021 application cycle! Here's everything you need to know. (You...
H&C Education
- Aug 18, 2020
- 5 min
How To Write The Brown University Supplemental Essays (2020-2021)
Welcome to the Brown University supplement for the 2020-2021 application cycle!
H&C Education
- Aug 18, 2020
- 3 min
How To Write The Cornell University Supplemental Essays (2020-2021)
Welcome to the Cornell supplement for the 2020-2021 application cycle!
H&C Education
- Aug 18, 2020
- 6 min
How To Write The MIT Application Essays (2020-2021)
As the Massachusetts Institute of Technology explains on its admissions website, they’ve chosen to eschew the Common App (good for them!)