Description
Book SynopsisHow to craft a dynamic personal essay that will get your college application noticed. College admissionsthat is, admission to the school of your choicehas become incredibly competitive. Students and their families prepare from grade school onward to shape school careers that will give them a leg up in applying to selective colleges. But sterling academic performance, AP classes, high test scores, and sports and other extracurricular activities are no longer enough to guarantee a slot at Stanford, Johns Hopkins, or the Ivies. In Admit One, Thomas Richards focuses on a key aspect of the college admissions decision, one that makes all the difference in applications: good writing. This involves mastering the dreaded personal essaybut more than that, it means writing a college application with a consistent overarching narrative, one that tells a student's intimate story. Writing has the ability to render the grain of a student's own voice, fully integrated and fully under their own contro
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Voice
Chapter 2 Words
Chapter 3 Sentences
Chapter 4 Paragraphs
Chapter 5 The Essay as a Whole
Chapter 6 The Master Narrative
Chapter 7 Three Case Studies
Chapter 8 The Narrative-Based Application
Conclusion
Index
