style Archives | IvyBoost Education College Admissions Counseling Boosts Your Opportunities for Top Selective Colleges Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:29:28 +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 style Archives | IvyBoost Education 32 32 Past and Present Tense in College Essays https://site.ivyboost.com/past-and-present-tense-in-college-essays/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:29:28 +0000 https://site.ivyboost.com/?p=18381 by Kathleen M. You are working away on your college application essays and suddenly wonder – wait should I be using the past or present tense?  Can I switch back and forth?  What is correct? Relax. The main goal in writing your personal essays is to communicate with your audience. You want the reader to get a sense of who you are.  So the main decision when you are writing

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]]> 5 Tips for Improving Your Writing Style https://site.ivyboost.com/5-tips-for-improving-your-writing-style/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:39:22 +0000 https://site.ivyboost.com/?p=17845 by Drew C. As a concept, “style” can be hard to pin down. In writing, style is technically the result of diction (the words you choose) and syntax (the shape of your sentences). In essence, it’s how you express yourself on the page—how you come across. You can think of writing style in terms of fashion, since the process of choosing the right clothes to suit your personal taste is

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