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Admissions Essay Boot Camp: How to Write Your Way into the Elite College of Your Dreams

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Publisher	Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13	9781607746126
ISBN 10	9781607746126
Author	Ashley Wellington
Language	English

Book Description	Founder of elite college prep agency Mint Tutors, Ashley Wellington shares hard-hitting essay-writing advice tailored to each student's strengths and potential pitfalls, inspiring students to write as if guided by their own personal college admiss
About the Author	ASHLEY WELLINGTON, MA, founded college prep company Mint Tutors (MintTutors.com) in 2010. With degrees from Princeton University and St. Andrews University in Scotland, Wellington has worked with several premier tutoring agencies. She lives with her husband and daughter in New York City. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. WHAT’S THE ESSAY GOT TO DO WITH IT? If you have picked up this book, you are probably in your junior or senior year of high school, which means it is impossible to augment or change what is already on your transcript. But take a deep breath. This guide is meant to show you how to successfully work with what you have. Six hundred and fifty words about (virtually) anything really can get you into the college of your dreams, as long as you remember my three H’s: Humility Honesty Humor I am going to personally walk you through the confusing, intimidating, and stressful process of drafting the perfect college application essay. Along the way, I will demonstrate the difference between a clever approach, a gimmick, and an application self-destruct button. Then I will give you some more insights I’ve gleaned over the years. Remember, there is no specific right answer, but there are many, many wrong answers. Still need convincing? Here is the more erudite version: The essay is the keystone to an application, and as such, it can function as either an asset or a liability. Most essays are predictable, innocuous, and forgettable and do nothing to set you apart from the rest of a talented applicant pool. Bad essays―in which you come across as someone who lacks motivation, perspective, or passion―can severely hurt your chances. On the other hand, an original response to an essay question offers an immeasurable boost to your admission chances. College essays do more than just showcase your writing ability; ideally, they illustrate your priorities, admirable traits, creativity, and academic promise. Every year, the number of students applying to college increases, and each student applies to a greater number of schools. As a result, colleges and universities can have between ten and fifteen qualified applicants vying for a single spot, and in many cases the students have comparable test scores, grades, and extracurricular interests. College essays are swiftly becoming the most significant part of an application because they often are the only variable in the admissions equation. All schools, particularly the smaller ones, have their own unique personalities, and admissions committees want to know whether you’d be a good fit for the campus environment and current student body. The essay is now the determining factor. Mastering the college essay is somewhat of a lost art in our sound-bite culture. So often, students are intimidated by the very idea of college and end up writing only what they think admissions committees might want to hear. Whether that means assuming an overly scholarly tone, discussing a backpacking trip as a metaphor for life (ugh), or debating the intricacies of global warming in Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth when nothing else on your application points to an interest in environmentalism, these attempts often fall flat. The best essays are unapologetically you. They aren’t trying to be the next great American novel; they are simply an account of something personally significant, written in a concise and compelling way. Although the concept of writing a college essay, in which you articulate fundamental qualities you possess, is often an intimidating challenge, it’s also a fantastic opportunity to tell admissions officers why they should choose you. The prompts are intentionally broad, so you can play up your strengths on your own terms. Aside from word count, the guidelines dictate little about format, topic, voice, or tone, so you can employ your own style and discuss episodes from your life that address the essay topics with originality and confidence.
Publication Date	41856
Number of Pages	176 pages

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