Get your Essay ready
End September is a good time to complete your main common ap essay.
I have covered the essay
each essay option individually in previous posts, you can see them here
End September is a good time to complete your main common ap essay.
I have covered the essay
each essay option individually in previous posts, you can see them here
By now you should have a well thought outline of your essay.
Do show your essay to people for feedback, Your teachers, counselor, family, friends- basically people who know you well. Listen to all the feedback but you need not incorporate it all. Make sure your essay never your your sense of identity. Retain your individual voice.
Her are some final tips for the essay:
1, Be memorable - tell an interesting story. Ideally when the admissions team is welcoming you to campus next fall, they should remember you as the student who had that crazy story.
2. Be direct - stick to the word limit, use your words carefully
3. Be yourself - Be honest and tak about your world in your voice. Dont try to be the "ideal" candidate" and swrite in a tone that is not yours. If you are a natural cynic- its better to write an open honest essay celebrating your viewpoint rather trying to fake being an optimist
4. Be focused - Don't repeat information already included elsewhere in your application.
5. And most important - Be professional. Proofread , edit, Repeat this process - a sloppy error filed essay is the clearest way to show that you are not serious. If this is a weakness for you seek help.
Early Applications are due in 40 days. You have one last shot at the standardized tests. Yu will need to write several supplementary essays for each university.
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