TEN TIPS TO A GREAT COLLEGE APPLICATION
ESSAY
Or, One More Thing To Do While You Put Off
Writing
Presented by Professor Jaime Warburton, MFA
July 2, 2012
10 . IT ’S AB OUT YOU! DON ’T LET YOUR PAREN TS DO IT FO R Y OU
9. PRACTICE JOURNALING BEFORE
YOU BEGIN YOUR ESSAY
8 . USE SPECIFICS, NOT GENERALIZATIONS
7. DON’T REPEAT
YOUR RESUME
6. COLLEGE APPS ARE
DATES YOU HOPE WILL
LEAD TO MARRIAGE. BE HONEST ABOUT WHO YOU BOTH
ARE.
5 . D O N ’ T T RY T O S O LV E T H E
W O R L D ’ S P R O B L E M S
4. KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE COMMON APP AND
INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS
3. DON’T GET EDITED OUT, BUT DO SEEK
ANOTHER SET OF EYES
2. YES, GRAMMAR COUNTS. A LOT.
1 . S IT YOUR BUT T DOWN AND DO IT.