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author: kim lifton

kim lifton
kim lifton is president of wow writing workshop, a leading expert on the college application essay. kim is a former journalist who has made it her mission to know everything about college admissions. she speaks with senior admissions officers from the nation’s most selective colleges almost every day. wow works directly with students, and trains school counselors, english teachers and independent educational consultants who want to improve their essay-coaching skills.

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    you are probably one of the guilty ones. you have piano practice after soccer practice and then you have to drive your brother to swimming while you eat your sandwich in the car and then you finally sit down to study at 9:00 but you realize that you have physics homework that you forgot about…

  • before your ap test

    welcome to ap testing. hopefully, by this point, you’ve already started studying. and if you haven’t, i highly suggest that you stop reading this blog post immediately and crack open the nearest review book. (you can mail me a thank you letter later). these two weeks are inundated with pockets of stress and fleeting moments…

  • how to master your focus

    focus is the key to getting things done quickly, thoroughly, and efficiently…but it’s just so hard to maintain! mastering your focus can help you stop procrastinating and finish your work faster and better than ever before. unfortunately, mastering your focus is something that often takes a lifetime of effort…well, most of us don’t have a…