The Foundry Blog

Maya had the profile of a future computer scientist: advanced programming courses, a robotics title, open-source code under her name, and a summer internship where she built real software. A big college consulting firm told her to hide all of it. Their advice was to apply as a Classics major to top universities, then switch into computer science after admission. The plan looked clever on paper, and gave the consulting firm a headline win for its website and brochure, but it l

Most students don’t know how to structure their story in a way that feels honest, powerful, and urgent. Worse, many students are handed a fill-in-the-blank worksheet or a rigid, high-polish template from a generic essay service. The "modular essay outline" can help students write an authentic essay that avoids templated essay pitfalls.

At Foundry Writing & Pre-College Services, we’ve spent years working with kids as young as nine, and it’s taught us an important lesson:...

The term "authenticity" is often emphasized. But what does it really mean, and why do colleges care so much about it?

Here’s a sample timelines with concrete goals, incorporating multiple drafts, revisions, adjustments based on college visits or changes...

One of the most common questions we receive from students and parents alike is, "When should I start writing my college application essays?

Foundry is a project we've been working on for the better part of a decade. In the early 2010s, Foundry Academy was started as a brick...