Title Admissions essay boot camp : how to write your way into the elite college of your dreams / Ashley Wellington.

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Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2014]

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East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department	CC 378.1616 WELLINGTON	Check Shelf

Edition	First Edition.
Description	ix, 164 pages ; 21 cm
Summary	"This top-tier college admissions essay guide replicates a brainstorming and essay-writing session with Mint Tutors founder Ashley Wellington"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents	What do you know about it? : how this book is different -- What's the essay got to do with it? -- Where it all begins : identifying your student type -- Brainstorm for it : the questionnaire -- Get it down on paper : the freewrite exercise -- Make it count : choosing the best prompt for you -- Organize it : the outline -- When to use "it's" : the skinny on contractions -- Tidy it up : the draft -- Make it unique : your version of the most common long essays. The sports essay ; The community service essay ; The outdoor adventure essay ; The international travel essay -- Watch it : red-flag topics and how to tackle them. the pity essay ; The sexism essay ; The loner essay ; The "mea culpa" essay ; The "taking a stance" essay -- Don't push it : how to take a moderate risk -- Wrap it up : a few final pointers.
Subject	College applications -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
	Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
	Exposition (Rhetoric) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
	Essay -- Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
	STUDY AIDS / College Entrance.
	STUDY AIDS / SAT.
	STUDY AIDS / Financial Aid.
	College applications. (OCoLC)fst00867684
	Essay -- Authorship. (OCoLC)fst00915428
	Exposition (Rhetoric) (OCoLC)fst00918796
	Universities and colleges -- Admission. (OCoLC)fst01161621
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
ISBN	9781607746126 (paperback)
	1607746123 (paperback)
	9781607746133 (ebook)

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