Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Check yourself- The perfect college essay

Listen, read, write:
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/10/29/perfect-college-essay

Exceprt-
On the three biggest mistakes students make
“There are a lot of mistakes, but I would name three of them: 1) They take way too long to start—they warm up their engines I like to say. 2) They are really vague and we don’t get a sense of who they are. 3) A lot of kids feel they have to boast, they have to impress the admissions office—it’s not that way; it’s wrong.”

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