Author of Write Out Loud, CEO of Story2, Carol Barash, PhD is revolutionizing writing through storytelling. Forbes named Story2 one of “10 EdTech Companies You Need to Know About.” A professor at Princeton, Michigan, and Rutgers, where she served in admissions, Carol graduated from Yale (BA), UVa (MA) Princeton (PhD).
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by Carol Barash, PhD, on Oct 4, 2021 12:52:16 PM
Common Application essay prompt #2: The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure …
Read Storyby Carol Barash, PhD, on Jul 28, 2021 2:51:42 PM
During my webinar last week, students and parents asked how to write about painful life experiences—illness, poverty, trauma—in their college application essays. These questions come up a lot: Can I …
Read Storyby Carol Barash, PhD, on Jul 26, 2021 5:26:05 PM
I was cleaning up my study recently, clearing the decks to write a new book about storytelling, and I found my notes from the road trip I took with my …
Read Storyby Carol Barash, PhD, on Jul 26, 2021 11:33:53 AM
Your personal essays play a unique role in the admissions process, revealing your unique character to colleges, as admissions officers build a community of diverse students who will make the …
Read Storyby Carol Barash, PhD, on Jul 24, 2021 5:58:10 PM
Hoping to spend your college years in the bustling city of Austin? The University of Texas might be the school for you! But before you make your way to Texas, …
Read Storyby Carol Barash, PhD, on Jul 22, 2021 6:11:17 PM
There are many places students’ college admission essays get derailed. The first is the search for “the right topic.” A college admission essay is a completely different beast from the …
Read Storyby Carol Barash, PhD, on Jul 22, 2021 11:32:57 AM
What should you not write in a college essay? When I read college application essays as a faculty advisor to the admissions committee at Douglass College, Rutgers, the great essays …
Read Storyby Carol Barash, PhD, on Jul 21, 2021 8:41:42 PM
Your college admission essays are an essential part of your applications. But how do you actually know when your Common App and other college application essays are ready to submit? …
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