Diary of a College Admissions Essay

November 25, 2012 Sunday after Thanksgiving. More supplementals today, almost finished. Still trying to be “original,” without being totally bizarre. Like today, I wrote one where I said that when I toured Bucknell I was amazed to learn that I spoke their language. I was fluent in “Bucknell.” What was important to them, was important […]

WRITING THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY: Diary of a College Admissions Essay

November 1, 2012 Started working on the short essay on the Common App. “Elaborate on my extra curricular?” Okay, not only am I on the volleyball team but I look really hot in my uniform. Uhm, that’s probably not it. Okay… more brainstorming. I guess I could talk about how I am absolutely sure that […]

DIARY OF A COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY

At this point, many of you have started to write, or started to start to write, or are thinking about starting to start to write, your college application essay. I thought, therefore, that it might be beneficial to create a fictional diary of a student who is currently working on her college application essay, so […]

DIARY OF A COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY

At this point, many of you have started to write, or started to start to write, or are thinking about starting to start to write, your college application essay. I thought, therefore, that it might be beneficial to create a fictional diary of a student who is currently working on her college application essay, so […]

Diary of a College Application Essay

At this point, many of you have started to write, or started to start, or are thinking about starting to start, your college application essay. I thought, therefore, that it might be beneficial to create a fictional diary of a student who is currently working on her college application essay, so that everyone could see […]

Diary of a College Application Essay – Entry #2

September 15, 2011. Talked about the essay with the college counselor at SoLa Beach. He gave me some brainstorming techniques like, to think about a topic for my essay right before I go to sleep or as soon as I wake up in the morning. And it worked! I woke up today and my topic […]