Write Your Way In: Crafting An Unforgettable College Admissions Essay (chicago Guides To Writing, Editing, And Publishing)
by Rachel Toor /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Writing, for most of us, is bound up with anxiety. It’s even
worse when it feels like your whole future—or at least where
you’ll spend the next four years in college—is on the line. It’s
easy to understand why so many high school seniors put off
working on their applications until the last minute or end up
with a generic and clichéd essay.
Writing, for most of us, is bound up with anxiety. It’s even
worse when it feels like your whole future—or at least where
you’ll spend the next four years in college—is on the line. It’s
easy to understand why so many high school seniors put off
working on their applications until the last minute or end up
with a generic and clichéd essay.
The good news? You already have the “secret sauce” for crafting a
compelling personal essay: your own experiences and your unique
voice.
The good news? You already have the “secret sauce” for crafting a
compelling personal essay: your own experiences and your unique
voice.
The best essays rarely catalog how students have succeeded or
achieved. Good writing shows the reader how you’ve struggled and
describes mistakes you’ve made. Excellent essays express what
you’re fired up about, illustrate how you think, and illuminate
the ways you’ve grown.
The best essays rarely catalog how students have succeeded or
achieved. Good writing shows the reader how you’ve struggled and
describes mistakes you’ve made. Excellent essays express what
you’re fired up about, illustrate how you think, and illuminate
the ways you’ve grown.
More than twenty million students apply to college every year;
many of them look similar in terms of test scores, grades,
courses taken, extracurricular activities. Admissions officers
wade through piles of files. As an applicant, you need to think
about what will interest an exhausted reader. What can you write
that will make her argue to admit you instead of the thousands of
other applicants?
More than twenty million students apply to college every year;
many of them look similar in terms of test scores, grades,
courses taken, extracurricular activities. Admissions officers
wade through piles of files. As an applicant, you need to think
about what will interest an exhausted reader. What can you write
that will make her argue to admit you instead of the thousands of
other applicants?
A good essay will be conversational and rich in vivid details,
and it could only be written by one person—you. This book will
help you figure out how to find and present the best in yourself.
You’ll acquire some useful tools for writing well—and may even
have fun—in the process.
A good essay will be conversational and rich in vivid details,
and it could only be written by one person—you. This book will
help you figure out how to find and present the best in yourself.
You’ll acquire some useful tools for writing well—and may even
have fun—in the process.