A partial list of the Notable Essays came out today for the popular series Best American Essays, and to my great surprise, one of my essays made it to the list! My lyric essay, “Gaijin” was originally published in the Eastern Iowa Review, a literary journal. While the essay itself won’t be in the Best American Essays book, you can … Read More
Carnegie Mellon Eliminating Demonstrated Interest
Carnegie Mellon University Undergraduate Admissions recently released news that they are making some significant changes to their application process. One big change is eliminating the “demonstrated interest” aspect, which previously was used to judge how much a student seemed genuinely interested in the university through participating in CMU events on campus or in their hometowns, completing an alumni interview, and … Read More
Harvard lawsuit reveals application scoring system
While the lawsuit involving Harvard undergraduate admissions continues to unfold, news outlets are reporting some of the information that has been released so far. Harvard admissions ranks students between a 1-6 in each admissions category, including using pluses and minuses to indicate being at the upper or lower end (ranking a 4+, for example). The Harvard Crimson article cited about … Read More
Congratulations to National Scholastic Art & Writing winners!
Congratulations to all of the National Scholastic Art and Writing awards winners for the 2018 National Scholastic Awards! The full list of winners can be found here. Awardees are listed by their state, and then alphabetically within each state. Art and writing awards are combined in this list. I’m so excited to see the winning artwork and writing pieces in … Read More