Great, great essays can take us through an event and weave in core features: Brainstorming Tip #9 Do not feel confined by any rules other than to engage and stimulate the admissions officers to see you come to life before them in your personal statements. And yes, you must grammar […]
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Follow Dr. J’s Into, Through, & Beyond Approach: Brainstorming Tip #8 Your essay needs to grab readers from the first word. You are competing for the fleeting attention of admissions officers who have dozens if not hundreds or thousands of essays and files to process. So don’t waste their precious […]
Follow Dr. J’s Into, Through, & Beyond Approach: Brainstorming Tip ...
Read sample essays from older kids at your school: Brainstorming Tip #7 Ask to see essays kids from your school wrote for match colleges. But don’t copy. Just get ideas. You need to truly match your writing and style to the level of school. Admissions officers are begging for gripping, […]
Read sample essays from older kids at your school: Brainstorming ...
Read past and present essay topics from other colleges: Brainstorming Tip #6 Find the Common App essays too broad? Read other college’s essay prompts. They may spark an idea. The University of Chicago has great supplementary essay topics every year. A couple of years ago, one topic was: “It Isn’t […]