the college application essay are you one of the crowd or one who stands out?
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Getting Started Think about... – One accomplishment – One goal – One passion – One thing you want the admissions committee to know about you that’s not on your activities resumé, transcript, or SAT What theme do you see here? ONE thing!!TRANSCRIPT
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The College Application Essay
Are you one of the crowd or one who stands out?
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Purpose of the Essay
• Get an idea of YOUR writing skills• Learn something more about YOU, what makes
YOU unique, and a sense of YOUR personality• Show something about YOU that is not revealed
by your SAT, transcript or activities resumé• What theme do you see here?• YOU!!
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Getting Started
• Think about. . .– One accomplishment– One goal– One passion– One thing you want the admissions committee to
know about you that’s not on your activities resumé, transcript, or SAT
• What theme do you see here?• ONE thing!!
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Do. . .• Carefully read the question and answer it.• Focus on ONE moment that reveals your strength or
character trait.• Tell a story of the ONE moment.• Grab the reader’s attention with your opening statement.• Evaluate your experience, not simply tell the experience
(Ex. How did you change as a result of your experience?)• Be positive.• Proofread carefully!
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Don’t. . .• Tell the college how great it is.• Repeat the prompt.• Repeat what is on your activities resumé.• Use clichés.• Use a gimmick (such as writing in a circle, or
using rhyming couplets)• Write a generic essay for all colleges.
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Be careful with these topics. . .
•Person you admire: Remember to focus on YOU; write about how this person influenced you.•The Sports Essay: Focus on one moment that reveals something about YOU. Do more than write about how winning was a team effort or how losing built character.•The Travel Essay: Focus on one moment that you learned something that had a lasting impact on YOU.
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Final Thought
You ARE unique. Write the essay only YOU can write.
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