Write Your College Essay in Less Than a Day: Stop Procrastinating and Get It Done to Perfection!
Language: English
Published by Random House USA Inc, 2009
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Strategies from a noted educational consultant on how to ease the pressure, ace the essay, and gain admission into your top-choice school Getting into college has become fiercely competitive, which makes the personal-essay part of the application process even more important-and stressful. But stop worrying! In Write Your College Essay in Less Than a Day, Elizabeth Wissner-Gross-a top educational strategist in this area who counsels students at schools across the country-breaks down the harrowing ordeal of essay writing into manageable steps, leaving you with a fresh, polished, stand-out piece that admissions officers will love to read. Inside you'll find . exercises to help you select an essay topic inspired by your most notable achievements-and winning a Nobel Prize needn't be one of them . timed chapters (including snack breaks) to help you brainstorm, create, and critique your essay in only five hours . sample essays and grading criteria so that you can play the admissions officer-and know what you're up against . advice on which writing techniques will score you points-and which could potentially sink your chances Accessible, savvy, and written with a student's needs and concerns in mind, Write Your College Essay in Less Than a Day gives you all the tools you need to compose an original, professional essay that will help you turn your dream school into a well-deserved reality.…
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- Title
- Write Your College Essay in Less Than a Day: Stop Procrastinating and Get It Done to Perfection!
- Author
- Elizabeth Wissner-Gross
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 034551727X
- ISBN 13
- 9780345517272
Getting into college has become fiercely competitive, which makes the personal-essay part of the application process even more important-and stressful. But stop worrying! In Write Your College Essay in Less Than a Day, Elizabeth Wissner-Gross-a top educational strategist in this area who counsels students at schools across the country-breaks down the harrowing ordeal of essay writing into manageable steps, leaving you with a fresh, polished, stand-out piece that admissions officers will love to read. Inside you'll find
- exercises to help you select an essay topic inspired by your most notable achievements-and winning a Nobel Prize needn't be one of them
- timed chapters (including snack breaks) to help you brainstorm, create, and critique your essay in only five hours
- sample essays and grading criteria so that you can play the admissions officer-and know what you're up against
- advice on which writing techniques will score you points-and which could potentially sink your chances
Accessible, savvy, and written with a student's needs and concerns in mind, Write Your College Essay in Less Than a Day gives you all the tools you need to compose an original, professional essay that will help you turn your dream school into a well-deserved reality.
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About the Author
In addition to writing two books on college admissions (What Colleges Don't Tell You: and Other Parents Don't Want You to Know, and also What High Schools Don't Tell You), Elizabeth Wissner-Gross has been leading successful Write-Your-Essay-in-One-Day workshops and speaking at public and private schools across the United States. She has appeared on the Today Show (NBC), The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (Fox News), I on NY (WPXN), and been heard on Martha Stewart radio (Sirius) and popular radio programs throughout the United States. She is a regular keynote speaker on CollegeWeekLive (online semi-annual college fair that attracts more than 35,000 viewers/participants), and has appeared on panels sponsored by The New York Times, Newsday, The World Journal (Chinese), and the Columbia/Princeton Club of New York. In addition, she has been featured in articles in The New York Times, Newsday, USA Today, The World Journal, and many other publications throughout the United States.
As a private educational consultant, advocate, and strategist, she has helped her students win admission into the colleges of their dreams-even in these most competitive times-by working with individual students to help them develop their own academic interests and passions, and then having them write about their experiences. She advocates encouraging the individuality of each student and celebrating the gifts, talents, and diverse contributions that she believes every student has to offer.
Elizabeth Wissner-Gross graduated from Barnard College, where she studied Political Science and Education and graduated cum laude in 1975. She went on to Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and received her MS in 1976, and then pursued additional graduate study at UCLA. She worked as a writer and editor at the Daily News of Los Angeles, Associated Press, and Newsday, taught journalism at New York area colleges and graduate programs, and has had articles published in hundreds of newspapers nationally and internationally including The New York Times, Boston Herald, and Los Angeles Times. She resides on Long Island, NY and in Connecticut. She has two sons-both attended MIT undergraduate and Harvard for PhDs.
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