How To Write A Killer Essay For Your College Application

How To Write A Killer Essay For Your College Application June 5th, 2009 by Jordanna Rubin

College Graduation

So you’ve decided to apply to college. You collected all the paperwork and now that college application is sitting in front of you with numerous questions to answer: Where are you from? What do you want to study? Tells us something about you? And what about the main college application essay or worse essays? What should you write?

Here are some tips to consider as you start putting pen to paper:

1. Start with an outline: Start with an outline and figure out the main points you want to touch on before you start writing.

2. Stay Focused: make sure you answer the question in full

3. Structure your essay: Make sure you have a clear beginning, a middle, and an end.

4. Get to the point: don’t get lost, make sure you don’t lose your reader along the way

5. Make it unique: think of a topic that is unique to you. Personal experiences and stories can draw in and interest readers

6. Make it your own: Giving it your own flare can give a refreshing twist to an essay

Now you have some focus, good luck!

The author is a consultant in the miami area and is currently trying to figure out how she’s going to fund college for her 22 month old daughter.

*College Graduation Photo taken by TCS Photo’s

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