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College Admissions Workshop: The Essay

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8 sessions

+10

🔥 7 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

Joey F 🇺🇸

Certified in 2 topics

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College sophomore from New York state. Finance, SATs, and college prep are my specialties. Heyo! I'm Joey. I'm from upstate New York and am attending a private four-year university. I love tutoring SAT R&W and college prep (applying, financial aid, admissions essays, choosing the right fit, and more!). I'm a college sophomore, and I'm completing my Associate's and Bachelor's early- one and two whole years early, respectively- with a current 3.9 GPA! I'm majoring in Creative Writing, have participated in National Novel Writing Month every year since 2020, and am currently writing a fiction trilogy - so, yeah, I know my way around words pretty well! Let me know if you need help with that sort of thing, and I'll be happy to do so! I'm also a Certified Master Financial Coach, so if you have any financial questions, feel free to reach out, and I'll point you in the right direction. I enjoy songwriting in my spare time and have even received personal training from some professionals in the music industry, so if you're ever in need of some songwriting advice, I'd love to help you out! I also enjoy playing handball and pickleball :) Last but certainly not least, I am first and foremost a Christian, and I love to read, research, study, discuss, exposit, and exegete the Bible. If you ever want to talk about the Bible or Christianity, or ask a question about either of them, however trivial the talking point may be, I'm more than happy to talk to you about it! Even if you just have a quick question, feel free to DM me - I have a heart to serve and love people, so I'm more than happy to talk to you! :D (Also, if you're reading this far- wow, I'm honored! Way to buck the average LOL.)

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

✋ 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

13

Aug

SESSION 1

Week 1, Day 1

REQUIRED

Week 1, Day 1

Wed 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM UTCAug 13, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM 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

14

Aug

SESSION 2

Week 1, Day 2

REQUIRED

Week 1, Day 2

Thu 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM UTCAug 14, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM 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

20

Aug

SESSION 3

Week 2, Day 1

REQUIRED

Week 2, Day 1

Wed 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM UTCAug 20, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM 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

21

Aug

SESSION 4

Week 2, Day 2

REQUIRED

Week 2, Day 2

Thu 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM UTCAug 21, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM 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

27

Aug

SESSION 5

Week 3, Day 1

REQUIRED

Week 3, Day 1

Wed 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM UTCAug 27, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM 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

28

Aug

SESSION 6

Week 3, Day 2

REQUIRED

Week 3, Day 2

Thu 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM UTCAug 28, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM 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

3

Sep

SESSION 7

Week 4, Day 1

REQUIRED

Week 4, Day 1

Wed 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM UTCSep 3, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM 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

4

Sep

SESSION 8

Week 4, Day 2

REQUIRED

Week 4, Day 2

Thu 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM UTCSep 4, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM 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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Aug 13 - Sep 4

4 weeks

75 mins

/ session

Next session on August 13, 2025

SCHEDULE

Wednesdays

4:00PM

Thursdays

4:00PM