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College Admissions Workshops • Series

College Admissions Workshop: The Essay

Cody P

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Sessions

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

Series Details

About

This College Admissions Workshop on The Essay is a virtual 4-week workshop designed to provide you with structure and support to write your college essays this summer.

In this workshop, you will:
  • Learn the purpose and the must-dos of the personal statement
  • Learn and practice strategies for picking a prompt, brainstorming, drafting, and revising your writing
  • Understand the role of supplemental questions and strategies for organizing your questions and responses
  • Work alongside other students who are also preparing to apply to college.

✋ 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.

Dates

October 15 - November 7

Learners

10 / 15

Total Sessions

6

About the Tutor

My name is Cody and I am a first-year university student studying biophysics

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Upcoming Sessions

0

Past Sessions

6
15
Oct

Session 1

REQUIRED

The College Essay

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.
22
Oct

Session 2

REQUIRED

The College Essay

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.
24
Oct

Session 3

REQUIRED

The College Essay

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.
29
Oct

Session 4

REQUIRED

The College Essay

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.
5
Nov

Session 5

REQUIRED

The College Essay

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.
7
Nov

Session 6

The College Essay

Make-up session.

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