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How to Parse the New Common App Prompts
 Want to avoid writing a boring college application essay? Read Kim Lifton's blog about parsing the new Common App prompts. |
Wow to Speak at Illinois College Admission ConferenceWow CEO Susan Knoppow will discuss how to help your students get Better Essays in Less Time this week during the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling annual conference, May 1, at the Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca. In this dynamic, interactive session, Knoppow will talk about what Wow has learned from guiding students through the college application essay writing process, and discuss ways high school counselors, teachers, parents and independent consultants can help students recognize - and avoid - boring essays.
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Scientist Finds a Simpler Writing VoiceDo you think it is difficult to write about yourself? Just imagine what it would be like if you were a professor asked to compose an essay linking your expertise as a neuroscientist with the experience of raising triplets. Professor Daniel Colón-Ramos reflects on finding his voice in this Chronicle of Higher Ed essay.
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Get Money for College
Did you help Grandma set up her poetry blog? Teach your boyfriend to post clips of his yodeling dog? If you're the one family and friends always ask for aid, surely you have an entertaining Internet-support tale. Tell it in 500 words, and CenturyLink might award you $1,000. (Just don't make fun of Grandma.) Deadline: June 30, 2013.
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