Neil Gaiman 

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We love his New Year’s benedictions. Happy 2013!

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Anonymous asked: Hello! Do you also review essays for students?

Hi anon!  We do offer Skype coaching sessions for college essays. You can sign up for more information here.

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Again, we know that waiting for EA decisions to be released causes anguish (and no, we still don’t know the date, sorrryyyyy)… but perhaps pass the time with the excellent work of nerudacats.tumblr.com, which pairs pictures of cats with with the evocative, spare words of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda? 

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from “So That You Will Hear Me”

Are you waiting for an early admissions decision? This is our new favorite distraction.

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Do you like Pinterest?  A few tech connoisseurs are calling Learnist the Pinterest of education.  It also uses boards, but it lets you organize links into “learnings” on different subjects. There are all kinds of topics: science, arts, music, technology, politics, travel. It’s a tool that reminds us that we can be teachers and students simultaneously! The site is still in beta, but you can request an invitation to join!

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So with regular decision deadlines (and a few outlying early deadlines) approaching we’re thinking you’re starting to become a bit like this:

But don’t worry!  Story To College is hosting a webinar tomorrow night from 9-9:30 pm.  AND IT’S FREE.  Sign up here and bring your questions!  One of our instructors will talk you through some winning strategies to help you confidently complete your essays!  

We’re hoping that after our webinar you’ll feel a little more like this:

We’ll be online tomorrow at 9pm!  Hope to see you there!

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Are you applying to Yale?  Is it stressing you out?

Take a look at Yale’s official admissions tumblr!

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The semicolon.  When do you use it?  If must serve a purpose other than making a sentence look pretty.  This cartoon gives a complete (and hilarious) summary of how and when to use the semicolon.

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The Story To College Scholarship of the week is FIRE’s (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) Free Speech Essay Contest.  All American high school juniors and seniors are eligible.  If you are interested in education and activism, this scholarship is for you.  FIRE’s website provides two videos about the censorship of free speech, and their essay prompt is as follows: 

Why is free speech important at our nation’s colleges and universities? Using examples from both videos, discuss how censorship of student speech is incompatible with higher education. Your essay should be 800-1,000 words.

There is one $10,000 first place prize, one $5,000 second place prize, and three $1,000 runner up prizes.  The application deadline is November 25, 2012 so get writing!

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In 11th century Japan, one of the Empress’s court ladies, Sei Shonagon, kept a notebook of her thoughts and observations. It is now known as The Pillow Book. Shonagon’s writing is so identifiable because of her affinity (do you know what affinity means? If not, look it up!) for writing lists….

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Love animals? Read on!

The Story to College Scholarship of the Week is the DoSomething.org Pics for Pets Sweepstakes. If you are interested in finding a home for an animal in need and have a camera then this scholarship is for you. To be eligible to enter this sweepstakes you must be between…