Juniors
Standardized Testing
Colleges Requiring or Recommending SAT Subject Tests or College Admissions Requirements – SAT Subject Tests
FairTest.org: Test optional and test flexible schools
Essays
- Van Gogh’s Shoes, Martin Heidegger and My Little Pony: Embracing the Essay
- Advice for Working on the Essay This Summer
- Johns Hopkins University’s Essays That Worked
- Tufts University’s Past Essays That Mattered
- Hamilton College’s More Essays that Worked
- Connecticut College’s Essays that Worked
- What Makes a Great College Essay
- Full version of Anne Lamott’s essay “Shitty First Drafts”
- About essay style
Extracurricular Activities
What College Admissions Offices Look for in Extracurricular Activities
Letters of Recommendation
MIT’s Guide to Writing Recommendations
College Search and List Building
List of links to college search websites: Where to Start Researching Universities
The New Yorker: What college rankings really tell us