by Cory Chen | Feb 27, 2023 | Extracurriculars
Two Types of High School Humanities Projects There are essentially two different types of high school humanities projects: research and creative arts projects. The purpose of humanities research is to investigate a problem in the world (in art or in reality) and...
by Cory Chen | Jan 29, 2023 | Extracurriculars
“Don’t use a pebble to kill a pigeon; use a boulder to destroy a vulture nest.” Now that 96% of colleges are SAT and ACT optional, high school summer extracurriculars are so much more important. It used to be that you could get good grades, get a 1570 on the...
by Cory Chen | Jan 16, 2023 | Extracurriculars
I surveyed all 65 current members of Dewey Smart, from our college counselors to the SAT tutors to the software development team, asking just one question: “what’s the most interesting high school extracurricular you’ve come across?” After a week of collecting these...
by Cory Chen | Nov 28, 2022 | College List
Why Does it Matter? Time. Building your college list takes hours— the more time you spend researching, the less time you’ll have to write your essays, answer supplemental questions, and think about the best responses. If you research the most important college...
by Cory Chen | Oct 9, 2022 | College Essays
Why are there College Essay Word Limits Delete. Click. Click. Delete, delete, delete. Your college essay is 28 words above college essay word limits, and you have no idea what to cut. Frustrating isn’t it— to amputate a sentence from your paragraph. However,...
