Putting pen to paper slows your thinking, allowing you to process information, form conclusions and create meaning.

I have been grading student essays for many years. Reading good essays is what every teacher wishes for yet rarely gets--a revitalizing and uplifting experience. More commonly I read bad essays.

Let’s be honest: writing a psychology essay feels kind of like digging through a giant haystack of theories, studies, and academic noise, just to find that one quote or source that actually makes ...

To write a good university essay you have to make your message clear. This means organizing your key points, supporting them with a series of evidence-based arguments, and wrapping it all up at the ...

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At its core, Irena Smith’s job as an independent college counselor means being a writing coach. With a PhD in comparative literature, the former Stanford admissions officer helps her teenage clients ...