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COLLEGE ESSAYS

COLLEGE ESSAY TIPS
  • Answer the question & answer honestly
  • Watch the humor & content
    • Your humor may not match the readers
  • Show to an English teacher you like
  • Write it yourself
    • Not someone else’s ‘significant editing’
  • Use the essay for multiple schools/scholarships
    • Be sure to make the necessary subtle changes
  • Don’t repeat yourself
    • List of accomplishments & achievements will already be on the admission application
  • Write only on weekends
    • You have enough on your plates academically
  • Don’t exceed the word limit
    • 302 words for a 300 word essay is not okay
  • Write about YOU!
    • Not the influence or the life-changing event
  • The challenge essay tips
    • Challenge is not always a crisis
    • Challenges can be too personal
    • Do not overwrite
    • Do not skimp on resolution and reflection--most important
    • Avoid “My challenge is writing this essay”
  • Sell yourself
    • What do you bring to the college?
    • What do you value?
    • How do you perceive the world?
    • What’s your role in the world?
    • What’s the nature of your interactions with the world?
  • Write about something important to you or that makes you unique
    • An experience; life-changing event; book; a person; etc.​
COLLEGE ESSAY EXAMPLES
  • Why did you choose us?
  • What are your career goals & how can we meet them?
  • How would you describe yourself as a human being?
  • Why do you think you would be a good fit at our school?
  • What person in your life has had the most impact on you?
  • If you can spend a day with someone, living or dead, who would it be and why?
  • What is the best advice you have ever received and why?
  • How would your friends describe you?
  • Create your own questions and answer it.
  • What captivates you?
  • What is a book you love?
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