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Wondering how to get into the college of your choice? Easy. Trash your opponents:
In the competition to get into the most selective colleges, some students and their parents are resorting to a tasteless tactic: bashing other applicants.
The letters, mailed to college admissions offices, typically arrive without a signature. They say rival applicants cheated on exams or got suspended for underage drinking. Sometimes, they include an unflattering newspaper clipping or a sly suggestion to check out pictures on a student’s Facebook page.
At Northwestern University, one letter was written in crayon.
The essays for the next two weeks are posted. For this week, the essay is about a character who is a foil in a work of literature. If you are desperately looking for help with a college essay, I can look at one of those this weekend, instead.
Next week, Sigmund Freud and Leo Tolstoy. Be highlighting passages in your books for this one.
I don’t have them to post yet, but I have sent out some requests for sample papers for you to check out. They will be appearing in this spot by Monday evening, I hope.