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.
Advice on whether to take the SAT or the ACT and the best way to prepare for your test, including a comparison of major online test prep companies.
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.