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The College Admission Essay. Writing Assignment August 5, 6, 7 CP English IV Simmons. Admission Essay Website. http://www.admissionessays.net/essaytopics.php What college admission officers want to see. What you should do. It takes time. What colleges want to really see. The Real You!
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The College Admission Essay Writing Assignment August 5, 6, 7 CP English IV Simmons
Admission Essay Website • http://www.admissionessays.net/essaytopics.php • What college admission officers want to see. • What you should do. • It takes time.
What colleges want to really see. • The Real You! • How you think. • Why you make particular decisions. • Why you chose to swimming instead of football. • Why you deliver food to the elderly instead of sleep in on Saturdays. • Why you think text messaging is all the rage.
What you should do…. • Keep yourself as the central focus. • Don’t list your accomplishments. • If your soccer team went to state finals, emphasize your role in teamwork and goal setting. • If you clerk at Kroger, emphasize your work skills and new attitudes. • If you won a journalism award, focus on the winning topic, its importance, and what you learned from the process.
It takes time! • It’s your life, your future you are crafting. • Be thoughtful. • Allot plenty of time -- hours. • Get help. Use readers. Get feedback. • Revise, revise, revise
Top Essay tips • Don’t procrastinate. • Determine what you need based on your background. • Spend adequate time selecting your topic. • Don’t let writer’s block affect you. • Talk it out with others. • Keep the essay centered on YOU. • Provide analytics and insight (the how’s and why’s). • Recycle the essay if possible. • Proof; Edit! • Solicit feedback from trusted others.
General Essay Topics • Tell us something about yourself. • Which question do you wish we had asked? • Is there anything else we should know about you? • Why are you applying to our college? • Send us a writing sample.
Specific Essay Topics • Discuss a significant event. • Who is your role model and why? • What issues greatly concern you? • Tell us about your favorite extra-curricular activity.
Application Essay How To’s • Language Network p. 387 • The Polygon Effect, Sample p. 387 • Scoring guides. • Audience and purpose • Approach • Organization • Voice • Focus • Supporting Details • Wording/Sentence Construction/Language • Editing and Proofreading.
Your Task: Write a college admission essay. • Select a college admission essay topic. Brainstorm. Prewrite. • Rough draft -- Due Aug. 11 at start of class. • Run the essay through peer review. Aug. 12 • Revise & submit for teacher review. Aug. 13 • Discuss the result. Revise again. Edit. • Resubmit essay Aug. 11 for teacher assessment.
Select a Topic • Topic: Describe an experience in your life that helped shape the person you’ve become. • From Language Network, p. 389. • Alternate topics: • Select from a real college application. -- See Admission Essay Question Types online. http://www.admissionessays.net/essayquestions.php
Use the Student Help Desk • See Language Network p. 392- 393 • Pay attention to the prompt. • Brainstorm • Make a time line of your life. • Read someone else’s essay. • Engage your reader • Get feedback • Proofread.