This is Roscommon raw again with lesson number 16. All About essays. The last item in the top five, Mac x admissions factor table is the essay or writing sample. Why do colleges even need essays? They already know a lot about you through your grades, your honors, courses and admission tests. The truth is that grades and admission test scores tend to bring you down to a number.
They measure you well, but not adequately. Students are human and bring with them compelling life stories, which are not captured by the first four factors. The essence Se provides students an opportunity to present a human face human side to college admissions officers. There are two types of essays required by colleges. The first is the essay required as part of the common app or coalition app or the universal app. We will learn about these platforms in later lessons.
These are portals which accept a single application and zap it to your chosen colleges as part of the admissions process. The common app for example, lists what it calls personal essay writing prompts. You're given seven essay questions. You can pick any one and answer it to a length of 6050 words for most colleges This one essay is all that is needed. But highly selective colleges will require you to submit additional supplemental essays of their choosing. These colleges want to better understand who you really are, what you want to be, and how you can express yourself.
They recognize that it says humanize the student beyond the set of numbers and certificates. Let us understand more about the supplemental essays. There are three types. The describe essay is intended to know more about who you are. The explain why you want to attend our college essay is intended to know more about what your goals are and the discussion An issue question is completely general. Here are a few essay tips from some top admissions officers in the country, from Yale, from MIT, and from an author of a college admissions book.
This is a summary. essays take time to write so allow plenty of time to fit them into your application package. practice writing essays in the summer months between 11th and 12th grades. This is when you have fewer demands on your time from schoolwork. If you have an idea as to which college you will be applying to look at the college's website for the essay question. For the previous admissions ears or call the college office of admissions.
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