A real conversation with ChatGPT showing how AI can quietly weaken your writing — and how to push back to protect your voice.
For Everyone
A checklist and toolbox of techniques to tighten your prose, strengthen your sentences, and make every word earn its place.
Undergraduate Resources
A step-by-step workbook with brainstorming exercises, real examples, and a values inventory to help you discover what makes your story unique.
How to structure your essay as a compelling story, from crafting your "Big Takeaway" to writing an insightful conclusion, with real student examples showing what works and why.
A month-by-month roadmap for the summer before senior year with practical advice on what to do and when.
A ready-to-use workbook to compare colleges, inventory your activities and scores, and track every deadline and requirement in one place.
Blog posts: Recommendation Letters, Common App Activities Section Part 1 and Part 2, Test Optional Decision Part 1 and Part 2
Graduate and Law Resources
Demonstrate the reasoning, judgment, and maturity law schools are looking for, with a step-by-step process from identifying your core tension to drafting and revision.
A full walkthrough of how to connect your past experience to your future goals, with an annotated example essay showing each section in action.
How to build a personal statement around your research experience and its connection to a specific program or professor, with an annotated example essay showing each section in action.