Tips for writing a College Essay

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1. Early Start

• The more time you waste to avoid writing college
  essays, the more stress you will encounter.
• Stress is not a good friend because it can
  result in poor decisions.
• Your writing talent can be fully revealed only
  with necessary amount of time.

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2. Be Yourself

• This is particularly important in case of
  personal essays. Many students often write about
  topics they think would be interesting to others.
  
• This is understandable but they should not forget
  to make their essays truly personal.

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Be Yourself

• Think of something that really interests you and
  then tailor your idea to your audience.
• Writing about something unrelated to the writer
  is one of the biggest mistakes by students which
  has been recognized by admission officers across
  the country.

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3. Be Honest

• Do not turn to others for topics for your story.
  If something told by your friend captured your
  attention, it does not have to be your topic.
• Do not think to place yourself in the narrative,
  either.

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Be Honest

• The story is personal and belongs to you.
• Adapting topics or stories from other people
  will not result well.

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4. Take a Risk

• On the other hand, taking some risk might
  contribute to your success.
• However, do not let your imagination run wild.
  This risk should be justified. For example, you
  can think of alternative topic for your college
  essay.

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Take a Risk

• Heres how its done you ask your peers about
  topics they going to write about and avoid using
  the same in your writing.
• Admission officers read tens of essays on the
  same topic every day.

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Take a Risk

• Can imagine how can it be for a person to read
  the same stuff all over again? Well, you got the
  point.

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5. Keep in Focus

• Some students tend to describe all of their
  achievements in college essay.
• This means that personal qualities, athletic
  abilities, high school record, community service
  and many other things are described on one or two
  pages.

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5. Keep in Focus

• Seems too much, right? Such essays are not more
  than a to-buy list. They wont make any
  impression in admission committee.
• So what you have to do is focus on the topic you
  selected and stick with it.

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5. Keep in Focus

• Think of several ideas that could be a topic for
  your college essay and select the best one.

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5. Rewriting

• Do not expect that your first draft would a
  masterpiece. It wont be.
• The reason is that you are supposed to give all
  your ideas related to the topic in your first
  draft and select the best information.

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Rewriting

• Do not be afraid to take challenge write
  slightly longer text and then exclude secondary
  content. Or just write an idea and then add your
  thoughts to build a strong argument.
• So do not be discouraged if you have to rewrite
  you draft more than once.

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6. Ask for Second Opinion

• You wont be surprised if you hear than even
  bestselling writers let others to read their
  books before publishing. You should do the same.
• Regardless if you have any doubts about your
  content, be smart and ask somebody to read and
  give a feedback.

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