Peter Peng

Inside the College Decision Room: FREE 2-Hour Seminar

College apps are overwhelming. Ever wonder why some students stand out, while others fall flat? Join me this Thursday, June 16th, at 7:30pm PST, for a FREE 2-hour live seminar in Arcadia, CA, as I (in partnership with Q&A College Admissions) take you “Inside the Decision Room” and reveal what works, what doesn’t, and why. To get the event address and RSVP, head on over HERE. Learn how and why committees accept or deny one student over another, what issues they […]

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Bad News: New UC Essays This Year & What to Do About Them

College Admissions, Personal Statements

For the first time in about 10 years, the UC (University of California) college essay questions have changed! They are both longer and shorter now. Shorter because each individual essay is much shorter now in terms of word count. Longer because you have to write FOUR UC essays now (as opposed to just TWO essays in the past). It used to be that you got 1,000 words max, split up any way you wanted between the two essays. Now, you

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How to Get Deep With Your College Essays

College Admissions, Personal Statements

One of the sweetest things about my job is creating incredible content… And then just giving it away to you for free. Today, it’s your turn to learn how to create your own great content. If you missed out the other day on my massive guide on how to pick the perfect college essay topic, then download it quickly HERE. One of the major takeaways I was making was that a standout essay doesn’t need to be about a unique

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Picking the Best College Essay Topic

Personal Statements, College Admissions

You can download a FREE, professionally designed guide of this article HERE. Trust me, it looks a LOT nicer and easier to read, especially with graphics and a sweet table of contents 🙂 “Many a night, I found myself slouched in a black, leather chair, staring at a blank computer screen, wanting to scream or cry. The systematic, flashing cursor of an empty Word document always seemed to taunt me. I would sit, letting my emotions wash over me, as my

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The #1 Question Students Ask

Study Hacks

The number one question I see from students goes like this: “I currently have [score] on the SAT/ACT, but I need to raise it to [higher score] in the next [X months]. Is it possible? Any tips?” I’ll confess, whenever I read that question in the past, I did so with no small bit of irritation. It’s not that I didn’t want to help these students. It’s just that I used to feel it was such a lazy question to

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FREE! Introducing the SAT Decoded: Crash Course

SAT Writing, SAT Math, SAT Reading, Test Prep General

Imagine for a second if you could know exactly which concepts to focus on—the ones that make up the bulk of the test and really matter. What would it feel like if you could eliminate all uncertainty about your answer choices? What if you could solve hard math questions without actually setting up any complicated equations? Are you tired of knowing the concepts, yet still somehow getting those questions wrong? As you probably know, I’ve been working on something big

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