Essays in the Time of COVID: Acing the College Personal Statement
Source/Author: Natalie Updike, Upper School English Teacher
June 03, 2021
What images define you? How do you make a positive, fast, first impression?
According to Common App, "Each year, more than 1 million students apply to more than 900 Common App member colleges worldwide."* In a week, learn how to make your writing stand out among these 1 million students. Using an individualized approach that considers your learning style and your college ambitions, Upper School English Teacher Natalie Updike will help you develop your college application personal statement from whatever shape it is in currently.
*From www.commonapp.org/apply/first-time-students
Celebrate your academic, social, and personal successes through an individual, stylized voice that transcends beyond the page! July 19 - 23, 9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm on the Shorecrest campus. $180/week of half day sessions. Ms. Updike has experience teaching 3 years of junior and senior High School English, 6 years of College English, and 10 years of Writing Studio knowledge.
With volunteer and standardized testing opportunities limited for students due to COVID, one particular part of the college application process - the personal statement - will bear more weight toward helping college admissions committees see the fuller, impactful, and unique YOU that you are. This summer workshop will focus on helping you brainstorm, draft, and revise this important piece of writing to come away with a Common App Personal Statement.
According to Common App, "Each year, more than 1 million students apply to more than 900 Common App member colleges worldwide."* In a week, learn how to make your writing stand out among these 1 million students. Using an individualized approach that considers your learning style and your college ambitions, Upper School English Teacher Natalie Updike will help you develop your college application personal statement from whatever shape it is in currently.
*From www.commonapp.org/apply/first-time-students
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