Check yourself- The perfect college essay

Listen, read, write:
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/10/29/perfect-college-essay

Exceprt-

On the three biggest mistakes students make

“There are a lot of mistakes, but I would name three of them: 1) They take way too long to start—they warm up their engines I like to say. 2) They are really vague and we don’t get a sense of who they are. 3) A lot of kids feel they have to boast, they have to impress the admissions office—it’s not that way; it’s wrong.”

Does Reading Fiction Make you a Better Person?

Hmm.

Science.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6156/377.abstract

For Better Social Skills, read Chekov.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/i-know-how-youre-feeling-i-read-chekhov/?_r=1


Does it Matter?
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/10/does_reading_fiction_make_you_a_more_empathic_better_person.html

Shakespeare characters write to santa

Dear Santa

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/letters-to-santa-written-by-shakespeare-characters

This is your brain on Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged that any cliche- nevermind

http://www.salon.com/2012/09/19/your_brain_loves_jane_austen/

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/september/austen-reading-fmri-090712.html

Common App Problems, Common

What?
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/10/21/3301739/technical-glitches-plague-college.html