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 Jul 16, 2018 9:16:00 AM
Yesterday my daughter left her dissertation notebook at the museum where she’s studying in Italy. She called in tears. “If I don’t find them, I’m f***ed,” she repeated. “Just breathe …
Read Storyby Carol Barash, PhD, on Sep 22, 2017 10:01:14 AM
In Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow, Nobel winner Daniel Kahneman reveals how we need to distinguish between repetitive tasks that require “fast” thinking and problem-solving, which requires “slow,” focused attention. Sometimes …
Read Storyby Carol Barash, PhD, on Sep 15, 2017 3:25:44 PM
I learned I realized I felt What? Isn't the idea to use your essays to show colleges how you've overcome challenges and are now ready, willing and able to succeed …
Read Storyby Carol Barash, PhD, on Sep 1, 2017 1:16:20 PM
The Common Application is run by an unwieldy committee of admissions officers from all types of colleges. This year they took a major step backwards, expanding a simplified list of …
Read Storyby Carol Barash, PhD, on Oct 25, 2016 1:38:47 PM
With so many colleges offering versions of Early Action and Early Decision, one of your strongest admission moves when figuring out how to get into college is to get your …
Read Storyby Carol Barash, PhD, on Oct 7, 2016 6:08:41 PM
A college is a community of diverse individuals. What is your ideal of community? What communities do you come from? How have those communities shaped and supported you and how …
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