Perfect Phrases for College Application Essays

by Bender, Sheila

• ISBN13: 9780071546034
• ISBN10: 0071546030
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-11
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

Perfect Phrases to make an application essay stand out from the crowdPerfect Phrases for College Application Essayshas the tools to communicate exactly what you want to say, with the style and panache that display your individual intelligence and creativity to the application board. This vital resource gives you all the phrases you need to get things done, exactly the way you want it done, right at your fingertips!

Author Biography

Sheila Bender has provided teacher training in WA, AZ, and CA. In 2002, she developed and launched www.writingitreal.com as a vehicle to help others foster their best writing.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
About the Author	p. xix
Building a Foundation for Writing Your Essay	p. 1
Writing the College Application Essay Is a Daunting Task: What to Do About It	p. 3
Make It a Goal to Trust Your Experience	p. 5
A Look at the Application Essay Questions	p. 8
Help Getting from "Having to Write the Essay" to "Having Written It"	p. 14
Perfect Phrases for Developing and Writing College Application Essays	p. 17
Perfect Phrases for Inventorying Experiences That Highlight Your Attributes and Attitudes	p. 19
Perfect Phrases for Focusing on Significant Personal Achievement	p. 21
Perfect Phrases for Focusing on Your Interests and How They Shape You	p. 25
Perfect Phrases for Focusing on Character Traits	p. 28
Perfect Phrases for Focusing on Your Desires and Goals for the Future	p. 34
Perfect Phrases for Figuring Out Why You Want to Go to a Particular School	p. 38
Perfect Phrases for Finding Out What You Will Bring to the School You Enter and to Your Classmates	p. 41
Perfect Phrases for Addressing Diversity of Experience	p. 43
Perfect Phrases for Showing the Way You Take Initiative	p. 46
Perfect Phrases for Showing Your Leadership Qualities	p. 48
What's Next?	p. 51
Perfect Phrases for Significant Experience or Ethical Dilemma Essays	p. 52
Perfect Phrases for Finding Your Material as You Begin	p. 54
"This Is a Story About..."	p. 57
Perfect Phrase: "When I..." for Ethical Dilemma	p. 60
Perfect Phrases for Gathering More Specific Images from Your Experience	p. 63
Perfect Phrases for Further Researching Your Experience and Its Meaning	p. 65
Perfect Phrases for Articulating Where Your Story Is Going in Terms of Insight	p. 67
Personal, Local, National, or International Concerns	p. 69
Perfect Phrases for Mining Your Interest in and Connection to Social and Political Issues	p. 70
Perfect Phrases for Stating What Your Interest in a Social Issue Means to You	p. 73
Perfect Phrases for Finding a Larger Picture than Your Initial Entry Point	p. 75
Perfect Phrases for Citing How You Will Carry Your Interest Forward	p. 78
Perfect Phrases for Creating a Thesis Statement That Can Guide Writing about Concerns	p. 80
Writing about a Person or Creative Work That Has Influenced You	p. 82
Perfect Phrases for Interviewing Yourself about Those Who Have Influenced You	p. 84
Perfect Phrases for Involving the Senses to Make the Person Real for the Reader	p. 89
Perfect Phrases for Helping You Introduce the Essay as You Write about an Important Influence in Your Life	p. 92
Perfect Phrases for Evoking Particulars about What a Person Did That Was Impressive	p. 96
Perfect Phrases for Articulating How You Expect to Apply What You Have Learned from This Influence	p. 98
Perfect Phrases for Creating the Thesis Statement for the Influence Question	p. 100
Writing for the Diversity Questions	p. 102
Perfect Phrases for Getting at the Heart of the Diversity Essay	p. 105
Perfect Phrases for Putting Culture Clashes on the Page	p. 108
Perfect Phrases for Describing What You Are Fond Of in Your Culture	p. 109
Perfect Phrases for Describing Discrimination	p. 110
Perfect Phrases for Describing How Feeling Like an Outsider Develops Character	p. 111
Perfect Phrases for Talking about the Value of Cross-Cultural Experience	p. 112
Perfect Phrases for Talking about How Cross-Cultural Experiences Help One Set Goals	p. 113
Perfect Phrases for Gathering the Details of Your Diversity Experience	p. 114
Perfect Phrases for Writing the Diversity Essay Thesis Statement	p. 117
Writing on the Topic of Your Choice	p. 120
Perfect Phrases for Writing about Special Needs or Reasons for Lower-than-Expected School Performance	p. 123
Perfect Phrases for Writing about an Unconventional High School or Post-High School Educational Experience that Lowered Your Grades	p. 126
Using the Topic of Your Choice for Writing the "Why This Particular School" Essay	p. 130
Perfect Phrases for Using the Topic of Your Choice for Writing the "Why This Particular School" Essay	p. 132
Writing the Thesis Statement for the Topic of Your Choice Option	p. 138
A Quick Look at The Common Application Short Answer Question	p. 140
Perfect Phrases to Help You Assess Your Activities	p. 142
Perfect Phrases for Opening the 150-Word Essay	p. 148
Perfect Phrases for Continuing the 150-Word Essay	p. 150
Answering Non-Common Application Essay Questions and Supplemental Short Answer Questions	p. 152
Perfect Phrases for Writing about a Recent Experience to Illustrate That You Are a School's Kind of Candidate	p. 154
More Types of Supplemental Questions	p. 156
Perfect Phrases for Focusing on What the Rest of Your Application Does Not Show the Admissions Committee	p. 157
Perfect Phrases for Revealing Something Quirky about Yourself	p. 160
Perfect Phrases for Describing Intellectual Interests, Ideas, or Experiences and Why You Find Them Exciting	p. 164
Perfect Phrases for Writing about Stretching and Thinking in New Ways	p. 168
Perfect Phrases for Showing Who You Are in a Vivid Manner	p. 172
Perfect Phrases for Thinking about Things Going Differently	p. 179
Perfect Phrases for Understanding Short Story Basics	p. 182
Perfect Phrases for Discussing Risk	p. 186
Perfect Phrases for Thinking about Unsatisfied Intellectual Passions and How to Use Them for the Greater Good	p. 190
Perfect Phrases for Evaluating the Design Option	p. 192
Perfect Phrases for Articulating a Major Project Idea	p. 194
Perfect Phrases for Describing How You Have Grown and How This Particular College Will Help You Continue to Grow	p. 196
Perfect Phrases for Describing How You Have Begun Learning Who You Are and How This Specific College Will Help You Continue to Do That	p. 199
Perfect Phrases for Organizing and Writing about Several Accomplishments and Experiences in One Essay That Show Your Superior Skills and Personality	p. 201
Perfect Phrases for Showing Your Potential to Contribute	p. 203
Perfect Phrases for Answering the Obstacles Question	p. 205
Tricks of the Trade for Polished Essays	p. 207
On Writing Strong Beginnings, Middles, and Endings	p. 209
On Openings	p. 209
Perfect Phrases for Visualizing Moments and Situations	p. 212
Opening Essays with Direct Speech or a Quote	p. 214
Perfect Phrases for Helping You Remember Dialogue or Quotes That Could Open an Essay	p. 217
Opening Essays with Assertions or Facts	p. 219
Perfect Phrases for Writing Assertions That Open an Essay	p. 221
On Middles	p. 223
Perfect Phrases for Making Transitions	p. 225
Perfect Phrases for Carrying Essays Forward	p. 230
Additional Perfect Phrases for Carrying Your Essay Forward	p. 233
On Endings	p. 235
Questions for Evaluating Your Ending	p. 236
Additional Editing and Formatting Tips	p. 238
Editing and Polishing Your Essay	p. 238
Common Grammar Errors to Watch For	p. 238
Perfect Words for Shortening Phrases	p. 243
Formatting and Uploading Your Essay	p. 246
Perfect Phrases for Congratulating Yourself and Celebrating	p. 248
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