This week, we learned about how to write a good college essay. The answer is very simple but hard: write what's creative. I've been very anxious about college applications, especially writing an essay. I have started my essays since the school started, but never get to finished. Anyways, I'm always stuck where a part that why I want to go that specific college. Some people have a really good reason to want to go that school but I don't. I want to go that school because it's maybe cheaper, has some benefits, or close to the home. Now, I can't write that on my actual college essay. Also it asks me to write my personalities that I haven't really thought about before.
On Thursday and Friday, Mr. Allen taught us about how to write a good college essays and showed us what to avoid write in college essays. It was very interesting to read someone elses' college essays and at the sametime, I was thinking that why I couldn't think to read others' essays first and then write mine. Well after I read, the first thing came to my mind was they were really good. Way better than mine. If I am an professor who gets to read the essays, I will definitely accept those students. Their essays showed how interesting person they are and creative. With Mr. Allen's explanations, I know the good essay and the not-good essay now. I wrote the new essay over the weekend. It's the draft and of course it stinks but I will work it out as I read more essays and learn from Mr. Allen.
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Not going to lie, I had a lot of trouble starting my college essay because I had no idea what to write about. I had a deadline to get my essay in by so I was extremely stressed out. Instead of sitting down and thinking about what I should write, I kept sitting down and freaking out about how bad my paper was going to be. That is when I figured out that you have to write in your own style, you have to write what is you. When I sat down and wrote about horses my essay turned into something really interesting that I never expected and I found that I could write a lot easier and better. So you are right when you say that you should write creative, but you should write creatively about yourself and what you know best. Also, I really recommend you set up a meeting with Mr. Allen if you haven't already, he is really helpful! It sounds like you have made a good start with your essay and you will be able to piece it together nicely if you just keep working on it. Good luck with your essay.
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