The College Essay
Your goal in this unit is simple: To produce a college essay that reflects your personality and achievements...one that you can use in applying to college.
College Essay Resources: You can use these online resources in crafting your college essay.
- Workbook: College Essay Writing (PDF)
- Presentation: Writing the College Essay (PPT)
- Peer Review and Writing Center Practice (PDF): A Writing Center consultation form for peer review and practice in Writing Center work.
- AP College Essay Rubric (PDF): The means by which you'll be assessed
College Essay Resources: You can use these online resources in crafting your college essay.
- The Common Application Website
- The Washington Post: New Common App Prompts
- The Princeton Review: Dissecting the New Common App Prompts
- The Huffington Post: Do's and Don'ts of College Application Essays
- Johns Hopkins University: Essays that Worked
- MIT: How to Write a College Essay
- US News and World Report: 10 Tips for Writing the College Essay