Another of my students wrote her college essay about weeds – what she admires about weeds, and the different perspectives people hold. This is from her essay, used with permission. A difficult environment makes me strong; a favourable environment makes me optimistic. This student has been speaking English for only two years. cross-posted...
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Over the last four months, I’ve read and edited hundreds of college application essays. The prompts are similar: describe a situation or experience from your life, and what you’ve learned from it; show how you have handled adversity; who do you admire and why? Another frequent prompt has to do with diversity, asking students...
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Disclaimer Below Rent a fun car if you can. Of course this is not germane to any aspect of your college search. But if you are away from home, you are probably going to rent a car anyway, right? If you do, have fun pulling into the admissions parking lot in something cute or...
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Some of you saw my facebook post last week about College Corps and asked about it. College Corps is a mentor program within the Bellevue School District (WA): volunteers work with high school seniors to fill out college applications and prepare essays/personal statements . Currently, it’s active at two high schools in our district. The...
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