Ryah Cooley Cole is an award winning writer and a high school English teacher based on the Central Coast of California. She is most interested in bringing diverse stories to her readers and students.

Graduate and professional schools often require some sort of written statement — often called a "statement of purpose," "personal statement" or "letter of intent"— as a part of the application. Some ...

Ryah Cooley Cole is an award winning writer and a high school English teacher based on the Central Coast of California. She is most interested in bringing diverse stories to her readers and students.

I like to tell students that figuring out a career path takes a lot of planning. It would be great if this planning began on Day 1 of college, but it rarely works out this way. Nonetheless, I would ...

For some, the decision to apply to a master’s program is easy – perhaps something that has always been in the cards — but for others, it may be more a more difficult decision. Once you have made the ...