The college application essay
Book - 2015
A guide to writing the most effective essays for college applications includes the essay policies at more than 180 schools, samples of essay types, and more than forty questions currently used.
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- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
The College Board
[2015]
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
- Main Author
- Corporate Author
- Edition
- Sixth edition
- Physical Description
- 160 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 155) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781457304286
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. How Colleges Read Applications
- Where It All Began
- How Colleges Read Essays
- Making Choices
- Inside the Admission Office
- Your High School Record
- Test Scores
- Recommendations
- The Interview
- The Essay
- A Few Red Flags
- Summary
- TOOLBOX: A Timeline for Applying to College
- Chapter 2. You've Done This Before
- The Challenge of the College Essay
- A New but Familiar Assignment
- The Structure
- The Style
- The Subject
- The Process
- TOOLBOX: A Timeline for Application Essays
- Chapter 3. Writing an Essay
- What Exactly Is an Essay?
- Prewriting
- Drafting
- Editing
- Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism
- Reviewing the Process
- TOOLBOX: More Editing Tips
- Chapter 4. What's the Question?
- The Common Application
- Writing Supplements
- The School Paper
- Scholarship and Program Essays
- Five Key Concepts About the Application Essay
- TOOLBOX: Cyber Sense
- Chapter 5. What's the Answer?
- Building an Idea Bank X
- The Questions
- Drafting
- A Complete Essay Sample
- What's Left to Do?
- The Activity Question
- The "Why Us?" Question
- "Why Us?" Plus
- A Word About Length
- Summary
- TOOLBOX: The High-Risk Essay
- Chapter 6. A Family Affair
- A Process for Parents
- Talking About the Essay
- Final Tips
- Conclusion
- TOOLBOX: Ten Tips from Experienced Parents
- Chapter 7. A Different Story
- If You Are an American Applying to American Colleges from Abroad
- If You Are an International Student Applying to American Colleges
- If English Is Not Your First or Best Language
- If You Are the First in Your Family to Apply to College
- If You Are Headed Back to School
- If You Are a veteran Applying at the End of Your Service
- If You Are Thinking of Transferring
- A Final Word
- TOOLBOX: Start Fast
- Chapter 8. Analyzing Some Drafts
- Sample 1.
- Sample 2.
- Sample 3.
- Sample 4.
- Sample 5.
- Sample 6.
- Sample 7.
- Sample 8.
- Sample 9.
- Sample 10.
- Sample 11.
- Sample 12.
- Sample 13.
- Sample 14.
- A Final Word: Insist on Yourself
- TOOLBOX: Quick Fixes for Procrastinators
- Suggested Reading
- Index