College


Latin's Hidden Superpower
It's no coincidence that when America decided Latin was too "old fashioned," the humanities stopped producing great minds.
Erica Abbett
Apr 83 min read


Are Textbooks Just 'CliffsNotes' for History?
I'm currently reading Britton LaTulippe's Revealing School: Discover What School Is Really Doing to Your Kids , and one of his claims is...
Erica Abbett
Nov 3, 20245 min read


How to Write the Perfect 5-Paragraph Essay
People like to think that each essay is unique. With every new prompt, we must start from zero with a blank page and new ideas. Not so,...
Erica Abbett
May 9, 20231 min read


Why History Is Quickly Becoming the Most Important Subject
When I was a middle school history teacher, I sometimes felt like my class wasn’t as “important” as the others. The insecure corner of...
Erica Abbett
Mar 25, 20235 min read


Classic Novels I Secretly Hated
Let’s preface this by saying that everyone’s tastes are different! I’m not saying these books are objectively bad, just that I personally...
Erica Abbett
Nov 25, 20213 min read


Key Takeaways From Netflix’s ‘Operation Varsity Blues’
If you have a chance to watch Netflix’s “Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal,” you really should. We all know the...
Erica Abbett
Mar 21, 20213 min read


What Everyone's Missing With the Latest SAT News
With colleges dropping the SAT left and right — and the recent announcement that they’re dropping the essay and subject tests — it’s...
Erica Abbett
Jan 20, 20211 min read


A College Admissions Secret You Won’t Believe
I’ve been scouring the latest college admissions research lately (so you don’t have to!), and holy moly, did I find a gem. Buried...
Erica Abbett
Nov 29, 20205 min read


We Need to Talk About Summer Reading
There’s an old quote that the world is a book, and those who don’t travel read only one page. I quite agree, but I have my own little...
Erica Abbett
Jun 22, 20201 min read