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How to Edit Your Own Work

Writing strong application responses is only half the work. Effective editing is where clarity, voice, and impact really come together. While many students work with an Educational Consultant…

MIT’s “Your Brain on ChatGPT” and Writing at Options

In last month's Founder's Feature, Melinda gave an overview of a viral research paper from MIT. MIT Media Lab released “Your Brain on ChatGPT,” which researched what happens…

Answering the “Why us?” question for the Common Application

Application numbers to US institutions of higher education have never been higher, creating a very competitive applicant pool and admissions teams seeking new ways to differentiate among a…

How to Edit Your Own Work

Does this sentence sound weird? Should I put a comma here? Will my reader understand this section? These questions can be difficult to answer after a writer has spent…

Read More, Write Better

Marisa Grizenko

As a writing coach at Options for many years, I routinely hear parents complaining (lovingly, of course) about their children’s ability to write. They might comment on the…

Here’s How to Read (and Learn to Love!) Poetry

Students often tell me that they don’t like poetry. This seems to be a common attitude among high school students, and I can’t blame them. When I was in high…

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