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College Admissions Workshop: The Essay

SAT Score Range

8 sessions

🔥 3 spots left!

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.

Tutored by

Neja J 🇺🇸

Certified in 2 topics

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Hi, I'm Neja. I am here to help you with Math — whether it's understanding a challenging concept, preparing for an exam, or working through homework problems. I've helped many students prepare for the SAT Math section. I also host workshops on the college admissions process, drawing from my own recent experience. I love learning about Math and Science, and I enjoy helping others learn these subjects as well.

What you'll do

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

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

2

Jun

SESSION 1

Week 1, Day 1

REQUIRED

Week 1, Day 1

Mon 11:00 PM - Tue, 12:15 AM UTCJun 2, 11:00 PM - Jun 3, 12:15 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

5

Jun

SESSION 2

Week 1, Day 2

REQUIRED

Week 1, Day 2

Thu 11:00 PM - Fri, 12:15 AM UTCJun 5, 11:00 PM - Jun 6, 12:15 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

9

Jun

SESSION 3

Week 2, Day 1

REQUIRED

Week 2, Day 1

Mon 11:00 PM - Tue, 12:15 AM UTCJun 9, 11:00 PM - Jun 10, 12:15 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

12

Jun

SESSION 4

Week 2, Day 2

REQUIRED

Week 2, Day 2

Thu 11:00 PM - Fri, 12:15 AM UTCJun 12, 11:00 PM - Jun 13, 12:15 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

16

Jun

SESSION 5

Week 3, Day 1

REQUIRED

Week 3, Day 1

Mon 11:00 PM - Tue, 12:15 AM UTCJun 16, 11:00 PM - Jun 17, 12:15 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

19

Jun

SESSION 6

Week 3, Day 2

REQUIRED

Week 3, Day 2

Thu 11:00 PM - Fri, 12:15 AM UTCJun 19, 11:00 PM - Jun 20, 12:15 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

23

Jun

SESSION 7

Week 4, Day 1

REQUIRED

Week 4, Day 1

Mon 11:00 PM - Tue, 12:15 AM UTCJun 23, 11:00 PM - Jun 24, 12:15 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

26

Jun

SESSION 8

Week 4, Day 2

REQUIRED

Week 4, Day 2

Thu 11:00 PM - Fri, 12:15 AM UTCJun 26, 11:00 PM - Jun 27, 12:15 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.

Public Discussion

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Jun 2 - Jun 27

4 weeks

75 mins

/ session

Next session on June 2, 2025

SCHEDULE

Mondays

11:00PM

Thursdays

11:00PM