College Application Essay Tip #10: Sell Yourself

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Rebecca

College Application Essay Tip #10: Self Yourself

Tip 10. Most importantly, make yourself come alive throughout this process. Write about yourself as passionately and powerfully as possible. Be proud of your life and accomplishments. Sell yourself!!!

Don’t lose this incredibly important opportunity to share unique stories about yourself. These are not autobiographies. They are moments in time that reveal a core story, a key quality, a powerful moment.

See Dr. Joseph’s new blog on Teen Life. 10 Tips for Staying Organized in the College Application Process.  http://ow.ly/75dwr

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College Application Essay Tip #9: Get Trusted People to Read Your Essays

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Rebecca

College Application Essay Tip #9: Get Trusted People to Read Your Essays

Tip 9. Have trusted inside and impartial outside readers read your essays. Make sure you have no spelling or grammatical errors. Continue reading →

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College Application Essay Tip #8: Write actively

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Rebecca

College Application Essay Tip #8: Write actively

Tip 8. Use active writing: avoid passive sentences and incorporate power verbs. Show when possible; tell when summarizing.

See the article about Dr. Joseph and her advice about college essays in The New York Times. http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/nacac-essa/?pagemode=print

 

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College Application Essay Tip #7: Follow Dr. Joseph’s Into, Through and Beyond Approach

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Rebecca

College Application Essay Tip #7: Follow Dr. Joseph’s Into, Through and Beyond Approach

See the article about Dr. Joseph and her advice about college essays in The New York Times. http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/nacac-essa/?pagemode=print

Tip 7. Follow Dr. Joseph’s Into, Through, and Beyond approach. Lead the reader INTO your story with a powerful beginning—a story, an experience. Take them THROUGH your story with the context and keys parts of your story. Make sure the reader understands your initiative, leadership, development, and continuity. End with the BEYOND message about how this story has affected who you are now and who you want to be in college and potentially after college.  The beyond can be implied in many pieces that are so strong that moralizing at the end is not necessary. Continue reading →

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College Application Essay Tip #6: Always Write in the First Person

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Rebecca

College Application Essay Tip #6: Always Write in the First Person

Tip # 6: Always write in the first person. Remember, these are autobiographical essays, even when you talk about other people or issues. Remember the colleges are looking to accept you, not your relatives.

So use the one third and two thirds rule. Continue reading →

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College Application Essay Tip #5: Share Positive Messages and Powerful Outcomes

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Rebecca

College Application Essay Tip #5: Share Positive Messages and Powerful Outcomes

Tip #5: Plan to share positive messages and powerful outcomes. You can start with life or family challenges. You can describe obstacles you have overcome. You can reflect on your growth and development, including accomplishments and service. College admissions officers do not read minds, so tell them your powerful life stories.

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College Application Essay Tip #4: Look for Patterns

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Rebecca

College Application Essay Tip #4: Look for Patterns

Tip 4: Look for patterns between colleges essay requirements so that you can find ways to use essays more than once. This holds true for scholarship essays.

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College Application Essay Tip #3: Keep a Master Chart

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Rebecca

College Essay Tip #3: Keep a Master Chart

Tip 3. Keep a master chart of all essays required by each college, including short responses and optional essays. Continue reading →

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College Application Essay Tip #2: Develop Overall Strategic Plan

Posted on August 28, 2011 by admin

College Essay Tip #2: Develop Overall Strategic Plan

Tip 2. Develop an overall strategic essay writing plan. College essays should work together to help you communicate key qualities and stories not available anywhere else in your application. Continue reading →

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Weekly College Application Essay Tips

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Rebecca

Weekly College Application Essay Tips

We are here to help you. So if you need help with your essays, email us, and we use a sliding scale to help students work on developing the strongest essays possible. And remember to buy our iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch app—All College Essays-the one stop app to find out all the essays you need to write for your college applications. Now here are our ten tips for writing powerful college application essays.

Each week we will post a new tip for Communicating Your Story Through Powerful College Application Essays.

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