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College Admissions Workshops • Series

College Admissions Workshop: The Essay

Emiliano G

Series Details

Sessions

Public Discussion

This series ended on August 2, 2024. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

Series Details

About

This College Admissions Essay Workshop is a virtual 4-week course designed to help you tackle the personal statement and college supplements, from blank page to completed essay. You'll develop your essay alongside a personalized college tutor and other students like you.

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

Please do not miss more than one session over the four weeks, as that will negatively affect your learning and may also take up a spot from another learner who could have attended every session. If you reach two unexcused absences, your tutor may remove you from this series.

Note from Schoolhouse: This series has sessions with required attendance. If you need to miss a required session, submit an absence using the "Submit Excused Absence" button on the series page. Multiple unexcused absences may lead to a suspension of your Schoolhouse account.

Dates

July 9 - August 2

Learners

10 / 10

Total Sessions

8

About the Tutor

Howdy, y'all! I'm Emiliano (he/him) and I am from the great state of Texas. I'm a rising freshman at Harvard College (class of 2028). I love getting engaged with my community and doing volunteer work. I used to tutor the SAT Bootcamps, but I am now excited to shift gears and focus on tutoring the College Admissions Workshop: The Essay. As a recent high school graduate, I understand how draining the college admissions process can be if you go through it alone. And that's what I'm most excited about with this new tutoring opportunity: to help other learners out through the tedious college application process. Feel free to ask me any questions, especially if you are interested in applying to selective schools.

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Upcoming Sessions

0

Past Sessions

8
9
Jul

Session 1

REQUIRED

The College Essay

This session focuses on demystifying the college essay! You'll learn the opportunities the college essay presents and identify common pitfalls as well as how to avoid them.
12
Jul

Session 2

REQUIRED

The College Essay

This session focuses on exploring the prompts and telling your story! You'll learn what prompts are available and brainstorm what you'll want to share about yourself with readers.
16
Jul

Session 3

REQUIRED

The College Essay

This session focuses on developing your essay ideas! You'll learn strategies for generating essay content and identify which prompt you'll want to pursue.
19
Jul

Session 4

REQUIRED

The College Essay

This session focuses on writing your first draft! You'll learn about the potential forms your essay can take and turn free writing from previous sessions into a draft.
23
Jul

Session 5

REQUIRED

The College Essay

This session focuses on reviewing & revising your essay! You'll learn strategies for reviewing your own writing and how to engage others in reviewing their writing.
26
Jul

Session 6

REQUIRED

The College Essay

This session focuses on polishing and proofreading your essay! You'll learn strategies for making sentence and word-level improvements as well as how to scan your essays for errors.
30
Jul

Session 7

REQUIRED

The College Essay

This session focuses on supplement essay questions and research! You'll learn about the role of supplements, the categories of questions you'll encounter, and how to research them.
2
Aug

Session 8

REQUIRED

The College Essay

This session focuses on supplemental essay drafts! You'll use the strategies for brainstorming and drafting learned previously in the workshop and apply them to your supplemental questions.

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