Writing the College Essay

ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS

The essay matters!  In the college admissions process, the essay is one of the few ways to separate yourself from the pack.  But this essay is less like the dissertations you've learned to write in school, and more like a sales tool. 

An effective college essay is a personal statement--a brave and authentic portrait of who you are.  Writing a standout personal statement requires an awareness of: 

• your core values and belief system
• the personal experiences that shaped them
• how they will impact your future as a college student and beyond

Most students have a heck of a time figuring out what to write about, and they're unfamiliar with the type of storytelling college admissions officers are looking for. 

This summer College Fit 360 will offer two unique workshops to help students write an essay that works.  In the week long workshop -- THE STORY OF ME: WRITING AN EFFECTIVE COLLEGE ESSAY -- the topics covered include 

• Understanding the audience
• Understanding yourself
• Mining personal experiences
• Linking past experiences to current value systems
• Writing in an authentic voice
• Making your story compelling
• Learning to write lean and mean
• Rewriting, rewriting, and rewriting. 

In the two hour workshop -- MINING FOR GOLD:  CHOOSING THE RIGHT ESSAY TOPIC -- the focus is on 

• explaining what college admissions people are really looking for
• helping students understand and articulate their individual core values and belief systems
• learning how to unearth the personal experiences that shaped those beliefs
• stocking a "pantry" with multiple viable ideas that they can pull off the shelf in developing any number of admissions essays
• beginning to develop one of those ideas into an outline and opening paragraph

For more information, schedule and pricing go to:

http://www.collegefit360.com/#!essay-workshops/c1fvr