Ep 41 - Three Strategies to Help Polish College and Scholarship Essays

Your Keys to College

English - October 06, 2022 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep 40 - Three Tips to Guide Your Students to Write a Great College Essay

Next Episode: Ep. 42 - College Graduate, Katie G, Shares Her Strategies on Navigating College Admissions

Admissions is looking for students to present their best selves in their college application, including their essay. This means taking the time to proofread and polish the essay. As parents and family, you (if you're allowed) can give some wonderful advice on if the essay is clearly communicating what the student wants to share about themselves AND be sure their grammar, spelling, and punctuation is good to go. Jen talks about encouraging students to ask someone else to review their essay and give advice, reading the essay aloud to them so they can hear it and make corrections, and being sure to keep the student's voice in the essay.

As always, you can email us any questions you have at [email protected]. You can also email us if you'd like to talk about having us work directly with your student through the admissions process.

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