Today we had an in-class workshop for our first drafts of the college admissions essays. On the paper copy of your draft, complete these self-editing tasks.
Due Tues. 10/23/18: Submit a new, improved draft to me on Google Classroom by the end of the day, 11:59 pm. I will take off points for:
- Late essays (points accumulate by the day)
- Grammatical errors of any kind (points off for each error)
- Incomplete essays
- Essays without the proper MLA formatting
- Other college essay/planning resources:
- 🔉LISTEN TO ME INTRODUCE THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY HERE
- Apply Texas Topics
- Search to find application requirements (including essays) by university
- Scoring Guide for essay
- Sample essays
- 8 Questions Your College Admissions Essay Should Answer
- College Essay Advisors (video)
- 5 College Essays That Suck (SuperTutorTV)
- What Colleges are Looking For (SuperTutorTV)
- Other planning resources:
- Steps2College
- MakeMeAFreshman
- Application Tracker Spreadsheet to Download
- Printable Application Tracker (PDF)
- Virtual College Tours
- If you need to write a resume for your application, here is a good site to use for directions and here is an example of a high school student resume.
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