College Essays: How to Write an Amazing Introduction

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College essays are one of the most important parts of the college application. They allow students to express their passions and dreams in a truly freeform way. In today’s ongoing situation with GPAs moving to pass/fail or credit/no credit…

College Essays: How to Write Amazing Body Paragraphs

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College essays are one of the most important parts of the college application. They allow students to express their passions and dreams in a truly freeform way. In today’s ongoing situation with GPAs moving to pass/fail or credit/no credit…

College Essays: How to Write an Amazing Conclusion

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In this webinar, we work on conclusions — the ever-important final piece of every college essay. Writing a conclusion may seem simple — just restate your introduction, right? — but an amazing conclusion is a challenging art. Truly amazing…

A Deeper Look at Test-Optional Admissions Policies

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SAT® and ACT® test dates have been thrown into flux by the coronavirus pandemic and many schools have modified their standardized test policies. In this webinar, we discuss what test optional and test blind mean, which schools are making changes…

Think Like a College Admissions Officer

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The key to success with college applications and essays is to think like an admissions officer. Every school’s committee reviews a core set of admissions needs to ensure that accepted students will be academically successful as well as other…

College Admissions, Part 1: Academic Profiles

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From standardized test scores to interviews to the essay, college applications are a complicated enterprise. In this webinar, you will learn about how admissions officers view the various components of the college application, what to do to…

College Admissions, Part 2: Leadership Profiles

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In the second part of our new webinar series, C2's Cofounder Jim Narangajavana continues the conversation on college applications with a discussion on what leadership profiles are, what makes a profile stand out to college admissions officers,…