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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.

  • the best napping techniques

    as a second semester senior, i can proudly say that i am a professional napper. i take one nearly every day! but even for non-seniors, i believe that naps are very important, especially when you have a lot of work and/or have to pull an all-nighter. when i used to nap, i would wake up…

  • wait, i’m wait-listed? – some faq’s about what to do

      receiving a spot on a wait list can put you in one of the most precarious situations during the college acceptance season. there really is no clear-cut explanation for what it entails, and more often than not the notifications read like some ex-boyfriend’s way of letting you down easy. so if you, like many…

  • how to stay awake and aware

    oh, to be a junior – in all of my seventeen years (and nine months), i have yet to encounter a time when i was more desperate for 25-hour days. you’re constantly pulled in a dozen directions (whilst being scolded for not achieving that healthy eight-hour sleep quota), and by the end of the week,…