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College Application Essay Writing 101
Courtesy of EssayEdge.com

"The application is a lifeless thing--a few sheets of paper and a few numbers. The essay is the best way to breathe life into it." - Admissions Officer

Welcome to EssayEdge’s Admissions Essay writing course. After editing tens of thousands of admissions essays for applicants, we created the ultimate course for students seeking an extra edge in the ultra-competitive college and graduate school application process.

The course contains six lessons and over 100 pages of content. Each of the lessons should help you with a different portion of the essay. Enter the course at any point by clicking a link below.

Lesson One: Tackling the Question

Question-specific strategies and samples of various types of questions with comments by admissions officers:
College
Business School
Law School
Medical School

EssayEdge Extra: Who's reading my essay?

Lesson Two: Brainstorming and Selecting an Essay Topic
Brainstorming worksheet
Selecting a Topic: Do's and don'ts with comments by experienced admissions officers

EssayEdge Extra: One essay, multiple applications

Lesson Three: Structure and Outline
Descriptions and examples of five popular essay structures
Sample outline and essay
Strategies and examples of short essays
Templates, severe writer's block cure

Lesson Four: Style and Tone
Sentence variety with exercise
Word choice: Common pitfalls
Transitions: Improving flow
Verbs: Active voice vs. Passive voice
Active or Passive? Verb quiz
Making sentences active voice, an exercise
Essay cliches: Top 10 essay cliches

EssayEdge Extra: Trimming the Fat - Reducing wordiness

Lesson Five: Introductions and Conclusions
Descriptions, examples, and critiques of nine popular styles of introduction
Conclusions: Do's and don'ts

EssayEdge Extra: No Introduction??!!

Lesson Six: Editing and Revising
Paying attention to substance, structure, interest, and proofreading
Actual essay gaffes (funny)
Final steps

EssayEdge Extra: To title or not to title

From ESSAYS THAT WILL GET YOU INTO COLLEGE, by Amy Burnham, Daniel Kaufman, and Chris Dowhan. Copyright 1998 by Dan Kaufman.  Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's Educational Series, Inc

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