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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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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