Will this kid's dilemma be what
happens at your house?
happens at your house?
College Essay Assignment and Guidelines
College Application or Scholarship Essay Ideas
College Essay and Personal Essay Examples
Useful Guidelines for the Essay
HINT: Make your first sentence POWERFUL!
- Assignment and Guidelines
- Mega Verb List - Use strong verbs!
College Application or Scholarship Essay Ideas
- *** Common Application Essay Topics - 2018-19 - Probably your best source for a topic
- Common Application Essay Topics - 2017-2018
- 650 Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing - NY Times
- Ivy League Plus - More essay ideas
- Fastweb.com - Tons of Scholarships
- Unigo - Tons of Scholarships
College Essay and Personal Essay Examples
- *** 4 Standout College Application Essays on Work, Money, and Class - New York Times
- *** Essays that Worked - Great essays from Johns Hopkins University - Several of these are funny!
- This I Believe - Great Site of Personal Writings
Useful Guidelines for the Essay
- *** The Biggest College Essay Mistakes - Talks with Teachers
- Tips for Writing an Effective Application Essay - The College Board, Big Future
- Schmoop College Application Site - Sign up for a Schmoop Account. Helpful site in numerous ways.
- Tips for Writing a College Essay
- How to Apply - The Common Application - (Site may not apply to you.)
- How to Write a Narrative Thesis and Lessons Learned
- Peer Review Rubric
- How to Write Successful Application Essays - Purdue OWL
HINT: Make your first sentence POWERFUL!
