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This is my 2016 Communicating Your Stories: Ten Tips For Writing Powerful College Application Essays Presentation. Please share and give me any feedback.
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Getting to Know You: The Purpose of Each College Application Essay. In this panel two college admissions officers and two IECs will talk about the role of the entire application essay package in the admissions process. Both admissions officers on our panel come from colleges with several supplemental essay prompts that push applicants to reveal unique qualities they will offer colleges and vice versa. We will share strategies from both sides of the desk about what IECs can do to help students prepare an entire package of essays.
Rebecca Joseph, Independent Educational Consultant, Professor, Get Me To College; Chuck Bachman, Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Lafayette College Jessica DeSantis, Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Lehigh University, Cyndy McDonald, Independent Educational Consultant, Guided Path Location: Maestro B Tuesday, June 21 at 11:40 a.m.
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The document provides strategies for applicants to effectively share their unique stories in college application essays. It discusses organizing essays, brainstorming core qualities and stories, using effective structures, and seeking resources. The presentation emphasizes self-reflection, showing complexity, simplicity, coherence, personal voice and style, and proofreading for success. Contact information is provided for further assistance.
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College application essays make or break many college admissions decisions. Here is my presentation to amazing rising seniors at the 2015 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation weekend.
Getting To Know You: The Purpose of Each College Application EssayRebecca Joseph
The document provides an overview and guidance on college application essays. It discusses the shifting admissions landscape, including changes to the ACT/SAT, FAFSA, Common Application, and UC application. The role of essays as one part of a holistic application is explained. Strategies are offered for approaching the UC personal insight questions and other supplemental essays required by colleges. Advice is given to brainstorm, plan strategically, use guided questions, and revise essays thoroughly. The presentation aims to help students understand how to craft effective essays that allow their unique experiences and qualities to stand out to admissions officers.
2016 Palisades Charter High School College FairRebecca Joseph
This is my 2016 Communicating Your Stories: Ten Tips For Writing Powerful College Application Essays Presentation. Please share and give me any feedback.
The Transition Years: Evaluating Info Lit Skills from High School to College-...Imagine Easy Solutions
This document summarizes research on the transition of information literacy skills from high school to college. It finds that high school students are often not given enough time for in-depth research and are told what to learn rather than conducting self-directed research. As a result, many students struggle with tasks like developing search strategies, evaluating sources, and citing sources properly when they enter college. The document outlines strategies that high schools and colleges can use to better collaborate on information literacy instruction and help smooth students' transition to college-level research expectations.
This document provides an overview and guidance on college application essays for the 2016-2017 admissions cycle. It discusses the purpose and role of essays within a holistic admissions review. Essays are one part of an applicant's overall application profile, along with test scores, grades, activities, and letters of recommendation. The document reviews changes to the Common Application, Coalition Application, UC application, and essays required by specific colleges like CSU, Lafayette, and Lehigh. It provides tips for brainstorming, outlining, revising, and completing all required essays as part of a strategic application process. Contact information is included for further essay advising.
HECA 2016: Getting to Know You: The Purpose of Each College Application EssayRebecca Joseph
Getting to Know You: The Purpose of Each College Application Essay. In this panel two college admissions officers and two IECs will talk about the role of the entire application essay package in the admissions process. Both admissions officers on our panel come from colleges with several supplemental essay prompts that push applicants to reveal unique qualities they will offer colleges and vice versa. We will share strategies from both sides of the desk about what IECs can do to help students prepare an entire package of essays.
Rebecca Joseph, Independent Educational Consultant, Professor, Get Me To College; Chuck Bachman, Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Lafayette College Jessica DeSantis, Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Lehigh University, Cyndy McDonald, Independent Educational Consultant, Guided Path Location: Maestro B Tuesday, June 21 at 11:40 a.m.
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The document provides strategies for applicants to effectively share their unique stories in college application essays. It discusses organizing essays, brainstorming core qualities and stories, using effective structures, and seeking resources. The presentation emphasizes self-reflection, showing complexity, simplicity, coherence, personal voice and style, and proofreading for success. Contact information is provided for further assistance.
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1) The world is becoming more digital, globalized, and unpredictable, making skills like critical thinking and adaptability more important.
2) Competition for spots at top colleges is intense, with acceptance rates under 5%. Colleges seek well-rounded students who excel academically.
3) The amount of information is doubling increasingly quickly, changing the nature of learning from acquiring discrete facts to developing lifelong skills and the ability to learn independently.
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Here are the qualities I see revealed in each short response:
Volunteer response: caring, nurturing, attentive to children's well-being and development, able to form emotional connections.
Work response: dedicated, determined, patient, sees potential in others and wants to help them succeed, cares about public education.
Internship response: observant of community challenges, interested in health disparities and social issues, gained insight from internship experience.
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3. An example quiz is provided that aims to engage students by asking questions they may not be able to answer, to break through inflated confidence levels and spark critical thinking about evaluating online information sources.
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- Buy a coffee or tea from McDonald's or another fast food restaurant. Many have $1 drinks.
- Purchase a snack like a granola bar, packet of crackers, chips or candy bar from the dollar store.
- Ride public transit for a few stops if you live in an area with bus/metro fares around $1-2 per ride.
- Add it to a larger amount you're saving up for something specific. Every little bit helps!
- Donate it to a homeless/panhandling person you encounter who needs help.
- Put it towards a cheap meal deal at some restaurants (e
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