by Kathleen M. It is time to write an essay, and you’ve read all of the prompts and have selected the one you want to respond to. You do the brainstorming, look at your activity list for inspiration, and choose the story you want to tell. Then you sit down to write, and somehow, you come up short. Your essay draft is well below the requested word count, and honestly,
by Michelle P. From earlier posts on originality to values, students understand why it’s important to write a strong and unique college application essay. But what if a student still feels stuck? Everything they like, or the main experiences and stories they want to share—all of it feels pretty normal to the student. How can they write an interesting college application essay about a normal topic? Connect the ‘what?’ of the
by Michelle After days of typing and staring blankly at a computer screen, you’ve managed to complete a first draft of a college essay! But upon rereading your draft, your brow furrows. Something seems to be missing—but what? What are some important details that students can miss and forget to include in their college essays? 1.Name of an event Once, a student working on an essay wrote a paragraph on
