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College Admissions Workshop: The Essay

SAT Score Range

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8 sessions

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+6

This series ended on August 1, 2024. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

About

This College Admissions Essay Workshop is a virtual 4-week course designed to help you tackle the personal statement and college supplements, from blank page to completed essay. You'll develop your essay alongside a personalized college tutor and other students like you.

Tutored by

Anna R 🇺🇸

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Certified in 3 topics

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Hi all! I'm a college student from Washington, DC double majoring in Creative Writing and Biology on the pre-med track. I'm super excited to help you all out with college admissions! On my campus, I research diabetes, serve as a Tour Guide, play ice hockey, and spend way too much time petting all the dogs I see.

What you'll do

Learn strategies for the college application process

Create accountability with structured time to make progress on your application

Receive personalized assistance and feedback

Get help polishing and finalizing your college applications

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

Please do not miss more than one session over the four weeks, as that will negatively affect your learning and may also take up a spot from another learner who could have attended every session. If you reach two unexcused absences, your tutor may remove you from this series.

Note from Schoolhouse: This series has sessions with required attendance. If you need to miss a required session, submit an absence using the "Submit Excused Absence" button on the series page. Multiple unexcused absences may lead to a suspension of your Schoolhouse account.

SESSION 1

8

Jul

SESSION 1

The College Essay

The College Essay

Mon 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCJul 8, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on demystifying the college essay! You'll learn the opportunities the college essay presents and identify common pitfalls as well as how to avoid them.
SESSION 2

11

Jul

SESSION 2

The College Essay

The College Essay

Thu 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCJul 11, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on exploring the prompts and telling your story! You'll learn what prompts are available and brainstorm what you'll want to share about yourself with readers.
SESSION 3

15

Jul

SESSION 3

The College Essay

The College Essay

Mon 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCJul 15, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on developing your essay ideas! You'll learn strategies for generating essay content and identify which prompt you'll want to pursue.
SESSION 4

18

Jul

SESSION 4

The College Essay

The College Essay

Thu 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCJul 18, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on writing your first draft! You'll learn about the potential forms your essay can take and turn free writing from previous sessions into a draft.
SESSION 5

22

Jul

SESSION 5

The College Essay

The College Essay

Mon 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCJul 22, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on reviewing & revising your essay! You'll learn strategies for reviewing your own writing and how to engage others in reviewing their writing.
SESSION 6

25

Jul

SESSION 6

The College Essay

The College Essay

Thu 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCJul 25, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on polishing and proofreading your essay! You'll learn strategies for making sentence and word-level improvements as well as how to scan your essays for errors.
SESSION 7

30

Jul

SESSION 7

The College Essay

The College Essay

Tue 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCJul 30, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on supplement essay questions and research! You'll learn about the role of supplements, the categories of questions you'll encounter, and how to research them.
SESSION 8

1

Aug

SESSION 8

The College Essay

The College Essay

Thu 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTCAug 1, 1:00 AM - 2:15 AM UTC

This session focuses on supplemental essay drafts! You'll use the strategies for brainstorming and drafting learned previously in the workshop and apply them to your supplemental questions.

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Jul 8 - Aug 1

4 weeks

75 mins

/ session

SCHEDULE

Mondays

1:00AM

Thursdays

1:00AM