hook Archives | IvyBoost Education College Admissions Counseling Boosts Your Opportunities for Top Selective Colleges Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:33:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://site.ivyboost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-ivyboost-favicon-32x32.png hook Archives | IvyBoost Education 32 32 How to Avoid a Bad Introduction https://site.ivyboost.com/how-to-avoid-a-bad-introduction/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:33:56 +0000 https://site.ivyboost.com/?p=18463 by Kathleen M. “It was a Dark and Stormy Night…” Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote a novel that started with this phrase in 1830; now there is an annual contest to write an equally atrocious opening sentence each year.  You are more likely to remember the phrase from Peanuts cartoons, as it was often the opening of a novel that Snoopy worked on. Writing a memorable opening for an essay is not

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]]> Introducing You: Ways to Open Your Personal College Essay https://site.ivyboost.com/introducing-you-ways-to-open-your-personal-college-essay/ Fri, 07 Jun 2024 23:18:31 +0000 https://site.ivyboost.com/?p=18280 by Kathleen M. When do you write your introduction?  Is it the first thing you write or the last? Or does it happen in the midst of writing your essay?  Different online writing sites offer a variety of advice for when it is best to write your introduction. But it is your essay, do what works for you!  And remember that what works for you may vary from one writing

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