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Writing Your Way Into College
- The importance of a college essay
- Who is your audience?
- Avoid mistakes on a college essay
- Great opening lines
- How do you meet the school’s needs?
- Make them want you at the school
Writing Your Way Into College
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- Intro
- Getting Ready for College
- Importance of All That You've Done
- Communicate Accomplishments Effectively
- Things to Cover in This Lesson
- Persuasion Process
- Know Your Audience
- Meet the Temp Graduate
- Meet the Lifer Drone
- What do They Have in Common
- Things That Admissions People Find Boring
- Things That Admissions People Will Like
- Admissions People are Like Coal Miners
- Know Your School
- What Do You Know About the School Already?
- What Does the School Want?
- How Do You Find This Information?
- Know Your Strengths
- What Have I Done That Makes Me a 'Diamond'?
- How Do Your Strengths Match the Schools Needs
- Communicating Effectively
- Communicate Indirectly (Wrong Way)
- Communicate Indirectly (Better Way)
- Opening Lines
- Never Forget






























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