How to Approach College Application Essays

On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, we examined two types of essays in college applications. The first was the Common Application Essay and the second was the Artist Statement

Takeaways

• What a personal and artist statement is

• Tips on how to write a good essay

• Essay prompts (2020-2021)

• Don’t delete any scraps from writing -- you can always use it for another essay

• Ask multiple people to give you feedback on your essays -- Andy can help you with this too.

Note from Andy about essay resources and examples:

A couple of you made great recommendations last Tuesday about sharing resources and examples for college application essays. Below are some links that I am happy to share (even within these links are other links to resources):

• Resources and tips that are updated along with news regarding COVID-19 and the admissions process: https://www.collegeessayadvisors.com/blog/. They also have Youtube tutorials on various stages of the writing process: brainstorming, choosing prompts, etc.

• College Essay Guy has insights for approach various aspects of writing in the college application, from essays to activities lists: https://www.collegeessayguy.com/college-admissions-blog

• His Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh3V2VU1UcZEDr6E3ztsFkA

• Successful essay examples that are interesting to read (topics range from a love of potatoes to gaining confidence with a speech impediment): https://apply.jhu.edu/application-process/essays-that-worked/

Next Tuesday’s link to the Portfolio Development workshop! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqceupqj8jHN3yHM_73SK3W7JKrA67gmxp

If you have any questions, please contact Andy at ali@marwen.org.

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Written by Angie Velazquez

My name is Angie and I’m a Marwen intern for Marwen's College & Career programs. I am a high school student at Rauner college prep and Marwen. I’m an artist and photographer who likes to try out new things. But, my favorite type of work is drawing anime!