College Essay & Resume Resources
Essay Writing
Brainstorming:
- The College Essay Guy's Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide: Contains five excellent brainstorming exercises to get you started and tips for structuring your essay.
- The College Essay Advisors' Guide to the 2023-24 Common App Essay Prompts: Breaks down the prompts and provides helpful questions and tips for brainstorming.
- 30 Brainstorming Questions: Questions and topics to help you identify a topic and start writing.
- The College Essay Guy's 35+ Best College Essay Tips: This article offers quick, helpful tips for crafting your essay.
- Hack the College Essay by John Dewis: This free ebook offers a multitude of ideas and suggestions for writing your essay.
- Fair Opportunity Project's Guide to College Admissions and Financial Aid: Contains a wealth of information about the college application process, including information about writing your essay.
- Princeton Review's video series:
Resume Building
- The College Essay Guy's Resume Writing Guide: This site presents detailed information about how to create a strong resume for college applications. It also offers examples and templates.
- College Advisor's College Resume Guide: This site provides instructions and tips for building your resume, with examples included.
Explore Schools
Take time to explore and learn about your schools of choice. It will help you craft strong supplemental essays.
Virtual Visits:
Virtual Visits:
- YouVisit: This site allows students to virtually tour hundreds of college campuses for free. Tour schools on your computer or using a VR headset. A login is required.
- CampusReel: This site offers student-created video content that provides a realistic, unfiltered glimpse at everyday life at hundreds of schools. A login is required.
- Peterson's College Search: Provides basic information about schools. Also allows users to search for schools by major and location.
- Princeton Review: Provides an in-depth profile for all school, as well as college ranking information.
- College Score Card: This college search tool, overseen by the U.S. Department of Education, provides detailed financial information about every university in the country, including cost, median earnings of graduates, and typical student debt after graduation. It also provides information about schools' student populations and basic admission information.