College Admissions Workshop: The Essay

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College Admissions Workshop: The Essay

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8 sessions

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This series ended on October 2, 2025. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

About

Hi! I'm Janelle, a current freshman at the University of Miami. I remember all too well how stressful college apps, especially essays, can be. That's why I'm here to help you take some of the pressure off writing your essay and help ensure you put your best foot forward this application season! Hope to see you there! 
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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. 
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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.

Tutored by

Janelle P 🇺🇸

Certified in 4 topics

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I'm a college freshman here to help other students with SAT prep and college essays! I'm a microbiology and immunology major at the University of Miami in Florida, with a special interest in pediatric medicine. In my free time, I love reading and writing my own fictional, usually medicine-related short stories.

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

Sessions

✋ 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

9

Sep

SESSION 1

Week 1, Day 1

Tue 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM UTCSep 9, 7:00 PM - 8:15 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

11

Sep

SESSION 2

Week 1, Day 2

Thu 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM UTCSep 11, 7:00 PM - 8:15 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

16

Sep

SESSION 3

Week 2, Day 1

Tue 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM UTCSep 16, 7:00 PM - 8:15 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

18

Sep

SESSION 4

Week 2, Day 2

Thu 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM UTCSep 18, 7:00 PM - 8:15 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

23

Sep

SESSION 5

Week 3, Day 1

Tue 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM UTCSep 23, 7:00 PM - 8:15 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

25

Sep

SESSION 6

Week 3, Day 2

Thu 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM UTCSep 25, 7:00 PM - 8:15 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

30

Sep

SESSION 7

Week 4, Day 1

Tue 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM UTCSep 30, 7:00 PM - 8:15 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

2

Oct

SESSION 8

Week 4, Day 2

Thu 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM UTCOct 2, 7:00 PM - 8:15 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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Sep 9 - Oct 2

4 weeks

75 mins

/ session

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Thursdays

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