My first application tip of the fall: Use simple language

I’m taking a class this fall. It isn’t a regular offering, but it’s taught by a professor at a nearby

Present the best possible you

Could it be that my entreaty to applicants to submit their applications by January 3 yielded a favorable result? Well,

Continuing to explore the commonalities between undergraduate and grad school admissions processes, I’ll point you toward a New York Times

I had a great high school physics and chemistry teacher, Mr. Burdman, and he had a standard line of advice.

If you’re actually reading the Admissions Blog in the middle of summer, it may be because you’re a well-organized applicant.

Maybe you have a few days off this week and you’re going to dedicate some time to completing your grad

Not all students have as accurate a view on essays as Marc does, so I’m especially lucky that he volunteered

I had an email exchange last week with a 2011 applicant and friend of the blog, whom I’ll call “Friend.”

I don’t work at Fletcher on Wednesdays, and this fall I’ve been spending part of my day off at our

Nerdy kids come in many forms. When I was in junior high school (age somewhere between 12 and 15), my