Hey everyone,
Today we talked about the college essay, one of the deciding factors in whether or not we as seniors can get a higher education. All of our transcripts and activities have similar things on them, and the essay i what will set us apart.
One of the most important things is to not be cliche. Everyone writes about an important person or significant experience in their life, which is okay, but you(the writer) must no get caught in the bear trap. This bear trap is not talking about yourself. Most of us get caught up in talking about the person or experience and not about us.
We must be creative and take a RISK. This is the only way to stand out and not write a very standard essay.
Mr. Lazarow explained t us how he approached this when he was in applying to college. He was very interested in Marching Band but that's boring and standard so he wrote about control. He used control in to explain how he would got about his life in 3 different aspects. He then wrote it in a very different format that included him changing the format. He wrote forwards, backwards, and up an down which demanded control from the reader and also showed his correlation to marching band.
Jordan Levy
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