by Jacob Reeves | Dec 18, 2021 | Articles, College Admissions, Essays & Recommendation Letters, Financial Aid & Scholarships
How do you write a great college essay that makes colleges notice you? Use these five keys to spice up your college essays. Admissions counselors receive application after application, and they want to know if you will fit in well at their school. To do this, they...
by Jacob Reeves | Oct 8, 2021 | Applications & Interviews, Articles, Essays & Recommendation Letters
A recommendation letter for college is a summary of years of hard work both in high school and before. Does yours show off your outstanding work…or barely scratch the surface of what you’ve accomplished? Recommendation letters play an important role in the...
by Jacob Reeves | Oct 8, 2021 | Articles, Essays & Recommendation Letters, Financial Aid & Scholarships
So, a student asked you for a recommendation letter. Now what? How do you write a recommendation letter? Recommendations are critical for securing scholarships and acceptance letters. A 2019 survey from the National Association for College Admission Counseling found...
by Jacob Reeves | May 14, 2021 | Applications & Interviews, Articles, Essays & Recommendation Letters
The pencil gently scratched the surface of the paper for over an hour, with hopes and dreams waiting in the wings, ready to see the impact of what was written. A little dramatic, maybe, but opening lines matter, especially when it comes to writing your personal...
by Adam Pieper | Dec 5, 2019 | Essays & Recommendation Letters, Videos
Recommendation letters are so important. In this month’s “Ask John Anything!”, we’ll tell you what makes a recommendation letter great, and offer advice on what you can do to help makes yours the best it can...
