10 ways to ace college essays

Here are 10 ways to ace your college essays.
 

1. Stay on topic. – This is an easy point to make. Your subtopic shouldn’t start to take over your whole paper. Bring everything back to focus.
2. Spelling – I give you one word of advice…. “Proofread!” You have spellcheck for a reason.  
3. Vocab – Use advanced vocabulary. Reference a thesaurus if you need to.
4. Stick to the teacher’s preferred formatting – Some teachers care more about context than formatting. Those are the nice teachers. Others make you jump through hoops that are on fire. If they say make it a certain font of size 12 and double spaced, you’ll lose easy points by not following those instructions.
5. Have a proper works cited – I know MLA vs APA is like Bloods vs. Crypts. It’s basically the same thing, but slightly different. College professors are ridiculous about this.
6. Add quotes from professionals in that field.
7. Reference professional organizations in that field.
8. Reference journals in that field.  
9. Punctuality – Turn it in on time. This sounds simple, but so many students don’t even show up the day it’s due.
10. Give it a cover page and put it in a report cover.