The short on this one is that the admissions counselors really want to know why you want to come to their school. This isn’t a trick question. There are no right answers, although there can be meh or even wrong …
Let’s get a couple things out of the way first. The Common Application opened up on August 1 for this year’s seniors. And if the colleges you’re applying to require their own proprietary app, they probably opened up on August …