Supplemental Questionnaire How To

Just wanted to drop a little reminder here for those of you suffering with the supplemental question essay portion of the common application.  The supplemental questionnaire is designed to give schools a peek inside of you.   While these are not long essays, they are a great opportunity for you to show the schools you are applying to something that they cannot find in the standard application info.  The best part is that they give you a little guidance on what to write about, but you have some freedom on how you respond to them.  So, do yourself a favor and spend some time here making sure that what you write is what you want them to read.  This is also not a place for you to give simple or one word answers.  Time to be creative.

If you are interested, the Personal Statement Blueprint has a bonus this year in that I have included my Supplemental Questionnaire Blueprint for free to users.  There are tons of tips and strategies on how to respond to the prompts found in the Common Application supplements.  Either way, take your time and give them something to remember you by!

Austin Test Locations

If you are looking for SAT test locations, take a look at the College Board’s Code page where you can find testing locations all around the world.  Of course, you can learn about how I can help you or your high school student prepare for the SAT test one-on-one in Austin or video conferencing anywhere in the world.  I wrote a quick post on Blogger listing the SAT testing locations in Austin for the upcoming October 1st test.

Personal Statement Kung Fu

Just build my first Squidoo page on what not to do in your personal statement.  You should check it out because I could use some feedback. We are dead smack in the middle of personal statement/college application season, so this stuff is in demand right now.