Tips for writing a college essay

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Tips for Writing a College Essay

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1. Early Start

• The more time you waste to avoid writing college

essays, the more stress you will encounter.

• Stress is not a good friend because it can result in

poor decisions.

• Your writing talent can be fully revealed only with

necessary amount of time.

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2. Be Yourself

• This is particularly important in case of personal

essays. Many students often write about topics they

think would be interesting to others.

•This is understandable but they should not forget to

make their essays truly personal.

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Be Yourself

• Think of something that really interests you and

then tailor your idea to your audience.

• Writing about something unrelated to the writer is

one of the biggest mistakes by students which has

been recognized by admission officers across the

country.

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3. Be Honest

• Do not turn to others for topics for your story. If

something told by your friend captured your

attention, it does not have to be your topic.

• Do not think to place yourself in the narrative,

either.

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Be Honest

• The story is personal and belongs to you.

• Adapting topics or stories from other people will not

result well.

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4. Take a Risk

• On the other hand, taking some risk might

contribute to your success.

• However, do not let your imagination run wild. This

risk should be justified. For example, you can think

of alternative topic for your college essay.

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Take a Risk

• Here’s how it’s done: you ask your peers about

topics they going to write about and avoid using the

same in your writing.

•Admission officers read tens of essays on the same

topic every day.

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Take a Risk

•Can imagine how can it be for a person to read the

same stuff all over again? Well, you got the point.

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5. Keep in Focus

• Some students tend to describe all of their

achievements in college essay.

• This means that personal qualities, athletic abilities,

high school record, community service and many

other things are described on one or two pages.

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5. Keep in Focus

• Seems too much, right? Such essays are not more

than a to-buy list. They won’t make any impression in

admission committee.

• So what you have to do is focus on the topic you

selected and stick with it.

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5. Keep in Focus

• Think of several ideas that could be a topic for your

college essay and select the best one.

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5. Rewriting

• Do not expect that your first draft would a

masterpiece. It won’t be.

• The reason is that you are supposed to give all your

ideas related to the topic in your first draft and select

the best information.

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Rewriting

• Do not be afraid to take challenge: write slightly

longer text and then exclude secondary content. Or

just write an idea and then add your thoughts to build

a strong argument.

•So do not be discouraged if you have to rewrite you

draft more than once.

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6. Ask for Second Opinion

• You won’t be surprised if you hear than even

bestselling writers let others to read their books

before publishing. You should do the same.

•Regardless if you have any doubts about your

content, be smart and ask somebody to read and give

a feedback.

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