Jazzy Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 What resources did you use to help your child prep for college essay writing? Ds writes really good academic papers, but could use some help with this style of essay writing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amathis229 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Barbara Hettle recommended http://www.essayhell.com to us. Ds used the boot camp to knock out the Common App essay. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetC Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) Kid 1 used Essay He'll Kid 2 used the Harry Bauld book https://www.amazon.com/Writing-College-Application-Essay-Anniversary/dp/0062123998 I'm also a fan of Ethan Sawyer, The College Essay Guy on tumblr. He has a book and website with materials. As with choosing curriculum, the most important question is "what will your kid engage with?" Edited March 1, 2018 by JanetC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 IMO the best way for kids to get a feel for what a good application essay looks like is to just read a ton of them — e.g. see PrepScholar's 125 College Essay Examples from 13 Schools. I think their analysis is spot on: the "formula" for most of the top essays seems to be a really punchy, unusual first sentence/hook, that leads into a detailed and very specific anecdote, which is then broadened and linked to something significant about the student's personality/background/interests/etc. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 How to Write a College Applications Essay by Tania Runyan is a great, straightforward, step-by-step guide. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Reading through the "essays that worked" on JHU's website. They post several every yr. https://apply.jhu.edu/application-process/essays-that-worked/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Sample essays are a must around here. The PrepScholar link that Jackie shared (which has the JHU essays that worked) is awesome. Essay Hell, for sure, but I also add some things from Mighty Writing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manora Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 On 8/20/2018 at 5:50 AM, Lori D. said: How to Write a College Applications Essay by Tania Runyan is a great, straightforward, step-by-step guide. Oh yeah, I agree with you! It's a very good book and was really helpful in my case! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manora Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 There are many useful tutorials in net, also I can say from my own experience that reading and analyzing samples of other well-written essays is very helpful too because in such way you see and remember how a really good essay should look in general. A habbit for reading good literature is another helpful method because it helps to improve your general writing style (not only for essays but for all texts in general), vocabulary, style and grammar, and all these components are important for well-written essays too. It's necessary to teach your child some basic principles of essay writing, they're mentioned in almost all tutorials I've ever seen 🙂 They consist for example from choosing your topic, narrowing it and defining main thesis, making an outline for the whole essay (you should always start it from making a good plan), knowing of essay types and their body structure acording to the certain one. The other important ones are skills of working with various scientific/informational resources, analyzing them and choosing the best ones for your research paper. The good essay should include revelant facts, concrete details, examples and nice citations from your resources. Checking the ready work for possible plagiarism is an important thing too, that's why it's recommended to keep always a track of all your resources. And the last one if proofreading, in its case you can be really helpful for your child with identifying some mistakes which are invisible for him/her. There are also special students' unions who provide help with improving essay writing skills and professionals services too https://papercheap.co.uk/homeworks . In the most difficult cases you can hire there a writing tutor too, it's a popular practice for many children despite of their age. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I think that a large collection of essays is helpful to start seeing what good essays in this genre look like. The Fiske book Essays that Worked is a good mix. Also Ethan Sawyer, aka The College Essay Guy is very good and has a lot of resources that are free to students. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 At 6 A.M. today, I sent my DD an email with the link below. 20 or 30 minutes later, when she was up, I told her that I'd sent her the email with this link and that she could probably read it, 3 times, in 5 or 10 minutes. I believe there is a lot of very sound advice in this very short article. http://admission.virginia.edu/2018-2019-uva-application-essay-advice the title is: "2018-2019 #UVA Application Essay Advice" 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch at Home Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 We used Brave Writer to teach writing. The skills my Dds learned through that program plus the advice they received to show as opposed to tell served them well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 There are also Essays for Scholarships and Honors Colleges DD has also had to write. The students are getting tired of this, but it is part of the experience... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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