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Accepted! : 50 successful college admission essays / Gen Tanabe, Kelly Tanabe.
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- Author/Creator:
- Tanabe, Gen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College applications--United States.
- College applications.
- United States.
- Exposition (Rhetoric).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 224 pages)
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Other Title:
- Fifty successful college admission essays
- Place of Publication:
- Belmont, Calif. : SuperCollege, 2008.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Your college admission essay is a critical ingredient to getting accepted. But do you know what colleges want? This book shows you with a step-by-step essay-writing workshop and over 50 successful essays. Inside you will learn how to: Brainstorm the best essay topics. Find a great topic and learn which ones to avoid. Write a successful essay that gets you accepted. The complete essay-writing workshop guides you through developing your topic, writing, editing and perfecting your essay. Avoid the 25 worst essay-writing mistakes. Don't get caught by these essay traps. Discover what admission officers want in an essay. In their own words, admission officers share with you what makes a great essay. These officers decide the fate of thousands of students each year. Disregard their advice at your own risk. Learn from over 50 successful admission essays. Read some of the best college admission essays written by students like you who gained admission to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Berkeley, Brown, Cornell, Bard, William and Mary, Duke, Rice, Northwestern, USC, Chicago, Michigan, Dartmouth, Penn, MIT and more!
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Almighty Admission Essay 11
- Why the admission essay is critical 12
- College admission: art or science? 13
- What we can teach you about successful admission essays 14
- Chapter 2 The Ingredients Of The Essay 17
- Why you should care about the essay 18
- Essay questions you're likely to face 18
- Is this a trick question? 19
- The dreaded word count 20
- Technology to the rescue or not 21
- Chapter 3 How To Find The Perfect Topic 23
- Begin with a brainstorm 24
- The litmus test for originality 26
- Analyze your topic's revealing qualities 27
- Challenge your topic with these questions 28
- Too much detail 29
- Just plain dumb topics 30
- Chapter 4 The Essay-Writing Workshop 35
- Writing your masterpiece 36
- Essential strategies for writing a great essay 36
- You are the subject of your essay 37
- 25 worst essay-writing mistakes 40
- When the big game is a big mistake 41
- How humor can kill an essay 45
- The importance of editors 49
- Chapter 5 Recycling Your Essays 51
- Don't throw away a good essay 52
- The Common Application: The ideal way to recycle 52
- Modifying an existing essay 53
- A final warning about recycling 54
- Chapter 6 Roundtable With Admission Officers 55
- Meet the admission officers 56
- What happens to the essay once it is received? 56
- Why is the admission process so subjective? 59
- What's the real reason for the essay? 60
- What impresses you when you read an essay? 62
- What common mistakes do students make? 65
- What surprises students about how you read their essays? 66
- What advice do you have for writing essays? 68
- Chapter 7 57 Successful Admission Essays 71
- Personal beliefs & reflections 73
- Memorable essay: Snow junkie 96
- Influential books 97
- Essays about family 107
- Memorable essay: Melodies of life 113
- Influential people 123
- Memorable essay: Cracking your brain open 131
- Things that represent me 135
- Memorable essay: Spaghetti sauce 144
- Essays about writing essays 146
- Extracurricular activities & athletics 148
- Memorable essay: My new brother 168
- Essays about music 169
- Math & science 175
- Essays about jobs & careers 183
- Essays about issues 187
- Overcoming a weakness or challenge 195
- Essays about places 206
- Chapter 8 Parting Words 211
- You can write a breathtaking essay 212
- How final decisions are made 213.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- OCLC:
- 643509114
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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