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A Comprehensive
Admissions Essay Help Course (with samples):
Application Essay Writing
101
Brought to you by EssayEdge.com
“The world's premier college application essay editing
service” -New York Times
The application is a lifeless thing--a few sheets
of paper and a few numbers. The essay is the best way to breathe life into it.
- Admissions Officer
Welcome to EssayEdge's Admissions
Essay writing course. After editing tens of thousands of admissions essays
for applicants, we created the ultimate course for students seeking an extra edge
in the ultra-competitive college and graduate school application process.
The course contains six lessons and
over 100 pages of content. Each of the lessons should help you with a different
portion of the essay. If you have a specific question on essay writing, ask
our expert.
Enter the course by clicking a
link below or to the left.
I.
Lesson One: Tackling the Question - Start Here!
EssayEdge
Extra: Who's reading my essay?
A.
Question-specific strategies for college, business
school, law school, and medical
school application essays
B.
Samples of various types of questions with comments by admissions officers
II.
Lesson Two: Brainstorming and Selecting an Essay Topic
EssayEdge
Extra: One essay, multiple applications
A.
Brainstorming worksheet
B.
Selecting a Topic: Do's and don'ts with comments
by experienced admissions officers
III.
Lesson Three: Structure and Outline
A.
Descriptions and examples of five popular
essay structures
B.
Sample outline and essay
C.
Strategies and examples of short essays
D.
Templates, severe writer's block cure
IV.
Lesson Four: Style and Tone
EssayEdge
Extra: Trimming the Fat - Reducing wordiness
EssayEdge
Extra: Top 10 essay cliches
A.
Sentence variety with exercise
B.
Word choice: Common pitfalls
C.
Transitions: Improving flow
D.
Verbs: Active voice vs. Passive voice
1.
Active or Passive? Verb quiz
2.
Making sentences active voice, an
exercise
V.
Lesson Five: Introductions and Conclusions
EssayEdge
Extra: No Introduction??!!
A.
Descriptions, examples, and critiques of nine
popular styles of introduction
B.
Conclusions: Do's and don'ts
VI.
Lesson Six: Editing and Revising
EssayEdge
Extra: To title or not to title
A.
Paying attention to substance, structure, interest,
and proofreading
B.
Actual essay gaffes (funny)
C.
Final steps
From
ESSAYS THAT WILL GET YOU INTO COLLEGE,
by Amy Burnham, Daniel Kaufman, and Chris Dowhan.
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