Honestly, I would have applied to fewer schools. I definitely had this "FOMO" (fear of missing out) mentality when approaching college admissions that caused me to apply to far too many reach schools that wouldn't actually have been a good fit for me (case in point: Dartmouth and Harvard). The whole experience was made so much...

Don't be boring. Specifically, spice up your essays and make them fun, interesting, and truly yourself. However, I remember trying to follow that same advice myself with the occasional result of creating essays that were fake and superficial -- don't go that route either. To truly write a good, non-boring...

Here is a list of my college interviews and my comments on them: Carleton College -- This was my first interview, and I think it went really well! It was very relaxed and took place at a nearby coffee shop. We basically just chatted about my interviewer's experience at Carleton and why I was interested in going there. I felt bad that I never ended up submitting my application to Carleton after getting into UChicago Early Action, but... oh well. MIT -- This interview was... okay. My interviewer was a man who went to MIT many many years ago, so...