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EPISODE · Jun 5, 2025 · 54 MIN

Common App Essay Tips; Important Supplemental Essays; Interest-Free Ways to Pay for College

from Getting In: A College Coach Conversation

Rising seniors! Hopefully you're already thinking about your college applications, and some of you may be asking just what kinds of essays you'll need to write. College Coach colleague Karen Spencer will be joining host Shannon Vasconcelos to discuss the best prompt to answer for the Common Application essay. In addition to the Common Application essay, many schools require supplemental essays. And those essays are as important to the colleges, if not more so, than the Common Application essay. So what are they? Host Shannon Vasconcelos will be joined by College Coach colleague Christine Kenyon to discuss their purpose and how to think about them as an applicant. When thinking about how to pay for college, you'll be glad to know there are interest-free ways to pay for college. College Coach finance colleague Chrissy Foran will be reviewing these with our host Shannon Vasconcelos.  Learn More About Bright Horizons College Coach

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