High School Juniors/Seniors Course
College Admissions Essay Writing
We are excited to announce that we are partnering with Long Dog Writing again this year to offer a redesigned College Admissions Writing course, complete with four hours of one-on-one coaching to guide your child to develop their perfect narrative.
After five years of coaching students, our writing experts find that most students have the same concerns when approaching their college admissions essays:
The student doesn’t have anything they can write about.
The student doesn’t feel that their experiences are unique enough to stand out among the thousands of other applicants.
The student has a topic idea, but does not understand how to fit it to the prompt.
The student is perplexed by personal narrative writing and regularly loses sight of the underlying technique.
This new course takes place over one weekend and offers a fresh, dynamic approach to address the key struggles that many students experience. While we won’t write the essay for them, our course sets your student on a path to feel confident in their story and understanding of successful personal narrative writing.
Course Specifics:
Before the Course
Students will receive a newly developed brainstorm sheet that will help them begin to consider their many experiences within the context of the Common App prompts.
Parents will receive an intake form where they can provide additional information about their child’s achievements and guidance about potential topics.
Weekend Course
This course takes place over a consecutive weekend, 11 AM to 1 PM or 2 PM to 4 PM ET. The cost is ___.
DAY 1 SATURDAY: Finding Your Narrative (1 session, 2 hours)
Our coaches will review the brainstorm worksheet and all potential essay options to find your student’s strongest narrative.
The student will have an essay prompt and topic by the end of the session.
DAY 2 SUNDAY: Developing Your Narrative (1 session, 2 hours)
Our coaches will introduce the student to the essay roadmap, a guide that the student will use to write their essays. We will tailor the essay roadmap during the session to ensure the student has a clear understanding of the essay flow and detail needed to address the prompt.
Time permitting, we will develop the essay hook, transitions, or other story elements that can be difficult for many students.
Writing Support (additional sessions)
For students who need additional support, we offer up to 3 additional coaching sessions (45 minutes coaching, 15 minutes independent coach review before the session). The cost is $200 per session.
Each session is specifically focused on the different hurdles our students experience while writing.
With 3 Additional Sessions: I see potential with my essay topic but need further help developing the narrative details, sculpting my sentences, and hitting word count.
Session 1: Revising story elements
Session 2: Wordsmithing
Session 3: Essay expansion or trims to hit the word count limit
With 2 Additional Sessions: I like where I’m going but need help with crafting the language and ensuring my essay reaches the word limit.
Session 1: Wordsmithing
Session 2: Essay expansion or trims to hit the word count limit
With 1 Additional Session: I love my essay but need help to trim or expand my essay to the word count.
Session 1: Essay expansion or trims to hit the word count limit