Training for WARC tutors on how to coach students through the process of writing the Statement of Purpose for AUCA admissions applications.

2.  Please state your reasons for applying to
the chosen program of the American
University of Central Asia, and how your
studies at AUCA will contribute toward
your life goals; also tell us what you feel
most enthusiastic about and whether this
has influenced your life in any way.

3.  Please state your reasons for applying to
the chosen program of the American
University of Central Asia, and how your
studies at AUCA will contribute to toward
your life goals; also tell us what you feel
most enthusiastic about and whether this
has influenced your life in any way.

4.  Coherent narrative
 Logical structure
 You + Goals + Program
 Develop a good sense of the student without an
academic career to back them up
› Demonstrate an understanding of identity
› Emphasize talents, interests, and experiences
 Who are they?
 What do they want?
 Why do they want to do it at AUCA?

5.  Play-by-play narrative of how the student
grew up
 Overlooking the discipline
› Focusing only on AUCA
 Misunderstanding of the discipline
 “AUCA will help me expand my knowledge”

6.  Spend 5 minutes brainstorming questions
you could ask a tutee to draw the right
information out of them.
 In small groups, compare and critique
questions.
› Identify each group member’s best question to
share with the whole group.

7.  Read the sample essay and think of some
questions the tutor may have used to draw
this information out of the tutee
 Where can you see evidence of the tutor’s
coaching?