Summer is the ideal time to prepare for and complete college applications. With most schools going test optional or test blind, the written portion of applications has become even more critical. In this workshop, the first half of each day includes online instruction focused on the written components of the college application. During the second half of each day, students will write and meet one-on-one with an instructor, who will discuss questions and give feedback. Between sessions, instructors provide feedback virtually via Google Docs. Come work with our college application experts to maximize time in summer and kickstart your college application journey!

Areas covered include:

Monday

●       What admissions officers look for in college essays and which topics and approaches to avoid.

●       Dissection of the Common Application prompts and what they are actually asking.

●       Review of various brainstorming activities to jump start the personal statement.

Tuesday

●       How to move free-writing/brainstorming into a structured essay.

●       Review narrative vs. montage essay styles and their effectiveness for answering the prompts.

●       How to evaluate if your essay is doing the job.  

Wednesday

●       Go over supplemental essay questions and what they all have in common.

●       How to turn more than 10 supplemental essays into three to five!

●       Specifically break down the “Why Us?”, “Diversity” and “Community” essay themes.

●       Address when and how to write the optional essays.

●       Provide resources and samples.

Thursday

●       How to effectively write the activity list section within the limitations of the Common App.

●       Everyone has activities even when they think they don’t:  what are they and how to showcase your unique attributes through your activities?

●       Group practice demonstrations.

●       Bonus:  this is a great way to start learning about how to write a resume.

Friday

●       Editing tricks (or how to get a 2,000-word essay down to 650!)

●       Editing review checklists.

●       How to ask for and make sure you ask for a great letter of recommendation.

●       What is a “brag sheet” and what do you do with it?

Dates:

●       June 23rd-27th, 2025

●       July 7th-11th, 2025

●       August 11th-15th, 2025

Time: 11:00am-2:00pm
Cost: $995.00

Location: Online