Personal Narrative Essay [OR Photograph Essay / Sense of Place Essay / College Admit Essay] - 100 points
introduced in October; writing Days = over Thanksgiving + Nov 27; submit to Canvas assignment by Nov 27 midnight.
NOTE this clears you of some inevitable work for your senior year college application process.
introduced in October; writing Days = over Thanksgiving + Nov 27; submit to Canvas assignment by Nov 27 midnight.
NOTE this clears you of some inevitable work for your senior year college application process.
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FYI MAIN PROMPT LISTS/SUGGESTIONS (SEE doc ABOVE or:
Common App prompts 2024
Coalition App prompts 2024
FYI the most interesting college essay prompts always come from University of Chicago - these are the 2024 ones
(OPTIONAL) - New York Times Personal Narrative Essay Contest (100 word) is a thing. Due Nov 1 2023 it seems. Info at www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/learning/our-2023-24-student-contest-calendar.html .
Recent winning essays = The eight winning essays for 2021. The seven winning essays from our 2020 contest and eight essays from our 2019 contest. Rubric they use is below AND check all the NY Times Personal Narrative resources HERE.
College App Advice from IB Seniors who went to Ivys/Duke - Zoom seminar file is about 50 minutes
OTHER AP LANG TEACHERS advice on college essays
TIPS: Include your actual prompt and your essay word count when you submit. Use multiple paragraphs, indent paragraphs, control for capitalization, possessive apostrophes, spelling. But the main task is to be effective, sensory, emotional storytellers in the mode of The Glass Castle and Into the Wild or H Mart
Lots of resources on internet and in our media center if you want more college essay writing tips.
Or this guy's wisdom is good - Twitter: College Essay Guy
FYI https://blog.collegeboard.org/how-to-start-planning-for-college-in-11th-grade?excmpid=SM48-ED-CB-twLinks to an external site.
FYI if you don't have AVID you might find this nearpod useful from her https://app.nearpod.com/?pin=D2FULLinks to an external site. & spend some time exploring college admit essay advice or the school library has plenty of books on it https://www.google.com/search?q=advice+college+essay&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS979US979&oq=advice+college+essay&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l3.2445j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=onLinks to an external site.
FYI can do the 3 hour sequence on the right side of College Essay Guy's Guide to Writing a Personal Statement/Essay https://www.collegeessayguy.com/cwiab-student-11-essay-essentialsLinks to an external site.
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If you want to look at an extended college essay about adversity overcome look to https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_smith_an_nfl_quarterback_on_overcoming_setbacks_and_self_doubt?language=enLinks to an external site.. If you want an engaging and personal story with a bigger significance/point and an interesting narrative sequence to build power/suspense look to https://www.ted.com/talks/hrishikesh_hirway_what_you_discover_when_you_really_listen?language=enLinks to an external site.
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Last call - note some of the craft even if it is being mocked of the Boy from Jurassic Park's college admission essay here https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-boy-from-jurassic-parks-college-application-essay?fbclid=IwAR0p6fEdr43autpDNfjORLbKWOu2ky2SnbSm1-wrb-XUMJBvdni37ciVb0s
Recent winning essays = The eight winning essays for 2021. The seven winning essays from our 2020 contest and eight essays from our 2019 contest. Rubric they use is below AND check all the NY Times Personal Narrative resources HERE.
College App Advice from IB Seniors who went to Ivys/Duke - Zoom seminar file is about 50 minutes
OTHER AP LANG TEACHERS advice on college essays
TIPS: Include your actual prompt and your essay word count when you submit. Use multiple paragraphs, indent paragraphs, control for capitalization, possessive apostrophes, spelling. But the main task is to be effective, sensory, emotional storytellers in the mode of The Glass Castle and Into the Wild or H Mart
Lots of resources on internet and in our media center if you want more college essay writing tips.
Or this guy's wisdom is good - Twitter: College Essay Guy
FYI https://blog.collegeboard.org/how-to-start-planning-for-college-in-11th-grade?excmpid=SM48-ED-CB-twLinks to an external site.
FYI if you don't have AVID you might find this nearpod useful from her https://app.nearpod.com/?pin=D2FULLinks to an external site. & spend some time exploring college admit essay advice or the school library has plenty of books on it https://www.google.com/search?q=advice+college+essay&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS979US979&oq=advice+college+essay&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l3.2445j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=onLinks to an external site.
FYI can do the 3 hour sequence on the right side of College Essay Guy's Guide to Writing a Personal Statement/Essay https://www.collegeessayguy.com/cwiab-student-11-essay-essentialsLinks to an external site.
.
If you want to look at an extended college essay about adversity overcome look to https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_smith_an_nfl_quarterback_on_overcoming_setbacks_and_self_doubt?language=enLinks to an external site.. If you want an engaging and personal story with a bigger significance/point and an interesting narrative sequence to build power/suspense look to https://www.ted.com/talks/hrishikesh_hirway_what_you_discover_when_you_really_listen?language=enLinks to an external site.
.
Last call - note some of the craft even if it is being mocked of the Boy from Jurassic Park's college admission essay here https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-boy-from-jurassic-parks-college-application-essay?fbclid=IwAR0p6fEdr43autpDNfjORLbKWOu2ky2SnbSm1-wrb-XUMJBvdni37ciVb0s