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College Admissions Workshops • Series

College Admissions Workshop: The Essay

Next session on Nov 15, 2024

Brandon N

Series Details

Sessions

Public Discussion

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. 
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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. You are allowed one unexcused absence in this program before you may be removed from the series. Repeated unexcused absences from required sessions may result in suspension from the Schoolhouse platform.

If you must miss a session, please submit an excused absence on your series page.

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

November 8 - December 1

Learners

8 / 15

Total Sessions

About the Tutor

Hi! I'm currently a college freshman and I'm excited to be joining Schoolhouse as a college admissions tutor! Some things I love to do are boxing, running, meeting new people, and listening to music.

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Upcoming Sessions

Nov

Session 3

REQUIRED

The College Essay

Fri Nov 15, 6:00 PM

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.

Nov

Session 4

REQUIRED

The College Essay

Sun Nov 17, 5:45 PM

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.

Nov

Session 5

REQUIRED

The College Essay

Fri Nov 22, 6:00 PM

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.

Nov

Session 6

REQUIRED

The College Essay

Sun Nov 24, 5:45 PM

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.

Nov

Session 7

REQUIRED

The College Essay

Fri Nov 29, 6:00 PM

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.

Dec

Session 8

REQUIRED

The College Essay

Sun Dec 1, 5:45 PM

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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