Complete Guide To Writing Effective College Applications & Essays For Admission And Scholarships: Step-By-Step Instructions: Step-by-Step Instrucations with CD-ROM

Hahn, Kathy L.; Loew, Colleen M.

ISBN 10: 1601382219 ISBN 13: 9781601382214

Casa editrice: Atlantic Pub Co, 2009

Riassunto

Applying to college can be one of the most stressful times in a student's life. Not only are you faced with the task of finding the perfect school for you, but you also have to find scholarships to be able to go to the school you want. These two intertwining obstacles require a lengthy application and a seemingly perfect essay. The essay topic is crucial to demonstrate your values, creativity, and depth of knowledge, and the writing is important because it reflects your power of persuasion, organizational skills, and style. This new book will teach you how to write effective applications and essays for college admissions and scholarships, helping shoulder some of the weight of applying.
The Complete Guide to Writing Effective College Applications & Essays For Admissions and Scholarships will provide you with all the tools you need to complete your application and write a winning essay. You will learn how to choose a topic, keep your focus narrow and personal, edit and revise, tweak essays to use them on various applications, choose your tone and structure, avoid the common pitfalls, and how to overcome writer's block.
In addition, you will learn strategies for getting started, requirements for application, and critical writing tips. This book has sample essays and essay questions, and even examples of the essays specific colleges use. You will find those samples on the companion CD-ROM, along with brainstorming exercises and sample applications.
Admissions officers have chimed in with their expertise to provide insider information on how to compose impressive applications and essays for admissions and scholarships. Whether you are a high school freshman seeking a head start or a senior hoping to glean some last minute tips, this book is your answer. The companion CD-ROM is included with the print version of this book; however is not available for download with the electronic version.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Atlantic Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1601382219
• ISBN 13: 9781601382214
• Rilegatura: Pacchetto di prodotti
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile