ten tips to a great college application essay
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Ten Tips to a Great College Application Essay. Or, One More Thing To Do While You Put Off Writing. Presented by Professor Jaime Warburton, MFA July 2, 2012. 10. It’s about you! Don’t let your parents do it for you. 9 . Practice Journaling before you begin your essay. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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TEN TIPS TO A GREAT COLLEGE APPLICATION
ESSAY
Or, One More Thing To Do While You Put Off
Writing
Presented by Professor Jaime Warburton, MFA
July 2, 2012
10 . IT ’S AB OUT YOU! DON ’T LET YOUR PAREN TS DO IT FO R Y OU
9. PRACTICE JOURNALING BEFORE
YOU BEGIN YOUR ESSAY
8 . USE SPECIFICS, NOT GENERALIZATIONS
7. DON’T REPEAT
YOUR RESUME
6. COLLEGE APPS ARE
DATES YOU HOPE WILL
LEAD TO MARRIAGE. BE HONEST ABOUT WHO YOU BOTH
ARE.
5 . D O N ’ T T RY T O S O LV E T H E
W O R L D ’ S P R O B L E M S
4. KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE COMMON APP AND
INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS
3. DON’T GET EDITED OUT, BUT DO SEEK
ANOTHER SET OF EYES
2. YES, GRAMMAR COUNTS. A LOT.
1 . S IT YOUR BUT T DOWN AND DO IT.
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