I’ve been brainstorming for my college essay prompts for several weeks now and I feel that I’ve absolutely hit a wall now. I don’t know if my topics will be scrutinized/viewed negatively by certain colleges or what each one really expects in these essays, and I’m just completely lost on what some prompts are really asking for.
What are some highly successful/recommended college essay services that help you come up with a topic for each prompt and help revise your essays?
What are your ideas?
You include MIT and Caltech on your list and need to understand what sorts of essay they look for. Have you read the MIT blogs?
Lots of kids hire help. The trick is finding one who understands what the colleges want to learn about you, not just a writing helper or thought organizer.
If you can try to understand what MIT likes and looks for, you should be able to figure what sort of narrative shows those traits. Show, notjust tell. And relevant to what adcoms need to learn about you, for college, for their class. Not some random story.