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Writing About Your Weaknesses in Your College Essay

By Sara Nolan | November 24, 2020 | 0
Filed Under: Integrity, State of Mind, Stories, Uncategorized, Wisdom

Wondering if you can write about your weaknesses in your college essay? Yes. I did once earn gold stars for my multiplication tables– but it was in part because the third grade math specials teacher was a terror. Her pedagogy included yelling sharply and loudly, like a Rottweiler defending its threshold, at students whose memorizations fell short. This ensured if they didn’t know their 9’s, they at least crapped their pants in school. She was an ageless old that I now recognize as probably 35. After that, my math successes plateaued, then completely fell off. My math person potential crashed to a halt at the accomplishment of 144, which is 12 x 12. I went down with all my stars. 

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Frog and Toad Write Your College Essay

By Sara Nolan | October 27, 2020 | 0
Filed Under: Integrity, Solutions, State of Mind, Uncategorized, Wisdom

When Toad realizes his Friend Frog has gone off to be alone, he decides he’s done something wrong. But he hasn’t, and neither have you.

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Strategies for College Supplements

By Sara Nolan | October 24, 2020 | 0
Filed Under: Essays, Prompts, Solutions, State of Mind, Uncategorized

Would you like writing your supplemental essays to be as satisfying and straightforward as 1 + 2 = 3? Maybe my 5 year old and I can help you.

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Apologies Accepted

By Sara Nolan | September 27, 2020 | 0
Filed Under: Essays, Questions, State of Mind, Uncategorized

This week I had the privilege to write for Romper about my 5 year old son apologizing to me for 2+ years of his mom-direct anger. His words stopped me in my tracks. Reflecting on his gesture made me ask lots of questions about apologies, rupture and repair. These questions can also help you access vulnerability and self-reflection for your college essays.

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I promise you don’t have “Nothing To Write About”

By Sara Nolan | September 21, 2020 | 0
Filed Under: Essays, Prompts, Solutions, State of Mind, Uncategorized

One of the most common things I hear from students at the beginning of the school application process is “I have nothing to write about!” Parents and professionals tell me all the time they get this response when students must answer personal questions about themselves.  The good news? It’s not really true.

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What the teens taught me on 9/11

By Sara Nolan | September 11, 2020 | 0
Filed Under: Integrity, State of Mind, Students, Teachers, Uncategorized, Wisdom

When I worked in a prestigious NYC private school as a Latin teacher, my first hour of my first day teaching, as a total newbie, was September 11th 2001. The Sept 11th. I was 21 years old, barely out of college, a mere four years older than my oldest students, at the same school I had attended 6th-12th grades. I had been a teacher officially for all of 10 minutes when the first plane hit. 

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