http://www.barbarafeldman.com/college-application-essays/ If my life had a tagline, it would go here. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:16:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/college-application-essays/comment-page-1/#comment-2450 The Word Smith Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:52:03 +0000 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/blog/college-application-essays/#comment-2450 Good work with helping your son through the application process. It's not easy -- for either parent or child. The desire to make an essay perfect while keeping the same tone used on the updated SAT is difficult. Admissions officers do recognize that kids have much more time to complete an application essay, but the authenticity issue is important to consider. Some editing services manage to effectively improve an application essay without changing the tone of voice. For example, my friend knows a founder of www.editingauthority.com and received a free edit after he had paid more money at a more renowned center that essentially re-wrote his graduate school personal statement. The Editing Authority editor managed to improve the structure of sentences and paragraphs while maintaining critical content that made my friend's personal statement unique. The moral of the story: Expensive doesn't equal better. And ask questions to either online editing services or professional centers before shelling out the cash. Good work with helping your son through the application process. It’s not easy — for either parent or child. The desire to make an essay perfect while keeping the same tone used on the updated SAT is difficult. Admissions officers do recognize that kids have much more time to complete an application essay, but the authenticity issue is important to consider.
Some editing services manage to effectively improve an application essay without changing the tone of voice. For example, my friend knows a founder of http://www.editingauthority.com and received a free edit after he had paid more money at a more renowned center that essentially re-wrote his graduate school personal statement. The Editing Authority editor managed to improve the structure of sentences and paragraphs while maintaining critical content that made my friend’s personal statement unique.
The moral of the story: Expensive doesn’t equal better. And ask questions to either online editing services or professional centers before shelling out the cash.

]]> http://www.barbarafeldman.com/college-application-essays/comment-page-1/#comment-2451 Dave Taylor Sat, 24 Sep 2005 06:06:42 +0000 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/blog/college-application-essays/#comment-2451 Splendid commentary, Barbara. Just FYI, I fielded a very similar question on my own weblog and referenced your answer too: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/should_parents_help_students_with_college_admission_essays.html (yeah, I know, my URLs are insanely long) Best, DaveT Splendid commentary, Barbara. Just FYI, I fielded a very similar question on my own weblog and referenced your answer too:
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/should_parents_help_students_with_college_admission_essays.html
(yeah, I know, my URLs are insanely long)
Best,
DaveT

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