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College Essay Ideas

College Essay Ideas. The u ltimate cure for writer’s block. Bayli Boling, Stephanie Driskill , Ali Thompson, Emily Ferguson & Luke Atherton. .

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College Essay Ideas

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  1. College Essay Ideas The ultimate cure for writer’s block. Bayli Boling, Stephanie Driskill, Ali Thompson, Emily Ferguson & Luke Atherton.

  2. A great application essay will present a vivid, personal, and compelling view of you to the admissions staff. It will round out the rest of your application and help you stand out from the other applicants. The essay is one of the only parts of your application over which you have complete control, so take the time to do a good job on it.

  3. Do’s And Don’ts Do. . . • Keep your focus narrow and personal • Prove it • Be specific Don’t. . . • Tell them what you think they want to hear • Write a resume • Use 50 words when 5 will do • Forget to proof read

  4. Recipe for a Draft • Step 1: Think about yourselfWhat are your strengths and weaknesses? What are your best qualities? Are you a plugger? An intellectual? A creative type? Curious? Passionate? Determined?

  5. Genuine Outgoing Positive Caring Kind Brave Smart Friendly • Step 2: Choose a positive quality you'd like to convey to the admissions committeeDon't pick an event or something you've done. President of the Nuclear Awareness Club is not a personal quality. Focus on a quality of your mind or of your character. Complete this sentence: "I am a very _________ person."

  6. Step 3: Tell a storySet a timer for 20 minutes. Pretend you're taking an exam at high school and responding to, "Tell a story about an experience or time when you showed you were a very _________ person." Use the characteristic you identified in Step 2. Write or type non-stop for 20 minutes; force yourself to keep telling the story and what it reveals until the timer goes off.

  7. Here are some quick ideas. . . • http://www.channelone.com/life/swf_college-essay-generator/

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