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College Essay Bootcamp: Day 3

9/6/2016

 
Starter 4
Read this New York Times article about a controversial college essay and answer the following prompts:
  • What are your general impressions?
  • Would you advocate for accepting this student, given the rest of his application was worthy? Why or why not?
  • In general, do you think one should aim to "entertain" the admissions officer? Why or why not? 

Support Group Check In  (Be sure to save 5 minutes at the end of class to check back in and share out what you accomplished today)
  • Spend 5-10 minutes in your support group, checking in.  
  • Make sure everyone knows what they need to do for the days
  • Have each person in the group share where they want to be by the end of class today.  
  • Be sure to revisit the resources on the Documents page of my dp!  Perhaps suggest a resource to someone in your peer support group if you think relevant!

College Essay Work Time
Today, your goal should be to get a complete draft written, and if possibly, do some initial refinements.​  Try to run right up against the word limit of your essay! 

Support Group Check-In
In the last 5 minutes of class, regroup with your support group.  Go around, see how well each person did at achieving the goal they set for themselves at the start of class today.

HOMEWORK
Have 3 printed copies of your essay for peer critique tomorrow.  Make sure each copy includes:
  1. The prompt you are responding to and word limits
  2. Your current word count for your essay
  3. A focusing question for critique (see College Essay Tuning Questions on the documents page for ideas here)

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