Lee Bierer - Nationally Syndicated Columnist and Independent College Counselor.

Countdown to College: Don’t get carried away with cliches

Need a good writing tip? Avoid cliches like the plague. Well, that’s a pretty obvious one, but even less conspicuous cliches should be skipped in college essays. What exactly is a cliché? Cliches are a convenient, if not lazy, writing tool. They are phrases and expressions that are so overused that     Continue Reading...