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College essays 101
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College essays 102: The Write Like a Pro process
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Before anything, build a strong foundation
The three phases
Connor’s milestones
Pro tips from students like you
VIA character strength survey
Take the survey
About your strengths
Read some more sample essays
Get ready to move on
Review what you’ve written
Ready to be a Thinker
Thinker
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Find a bunch of story starters
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Play with the story starter prompts
Write a TON of raw content
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Write a bunch of crap
Learn from what you just wrote
Narrate an event from your life
Check out these creativity jump starters
Be a baby chick machine
Get ready to move on
Self-review your work
Get a fresh perspective
Work it
You’re ready to be a Storyteller
Storyteller
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Discover what you've got
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Read your raw content over and over
Make CRAZY and RANDOM experiments
Find patterns and connections
Create your personal intention
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Choose what you want your reader to know about you
Create options for your essay
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Read deeper into some great essays
Play with your baby chicks
Choose what to include in your essay
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Make a supplemental essay strategy board
Get the big picture of where you are
Choose
Take out what you don't need
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Vonnegut your draft
Create your essay structure
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Learn the three types of essays
Play with your food
Choose your favorite structure and add placeholders
Get ready to move on
Wrap up storytelling and celebrate
Writer
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Immerse yourself in polished writing
Create your intentions for tone and reader experience
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Choose the tone and reader experience
Choose where the tone and reader experience shift
Bring your essay — and you — to life
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Use these fancy writer’s tricks
Pick up simple new writing tricks
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Learn the 5 easiest writing tricks
Learn 5 more easy writing tricks
Make each word count
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Learn to shrink your sentence like magic
Hunt down hidden, horrible sentences
Now, use your toolkit
Make it flow start to finish
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Mix things up
Grab your reader’s attention
Make smoooooth transitions
End like a pro
Now, work that language
Final polish before you submit
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Handle the nitpicky stuff
Do a close walk-through
Fix what needs fixin’
Get your essay proofread
Check how it looks in the application
Sample essays
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