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College Admission and Essay Essentials Book Set: College Application Resources for Teens Paperback – September 29, 2020

You can get into the perfect school! Let the College Essay Guy take the stress out of writing your college admission essay and give you direction on every part of the admissions process.

College Essay Essentials Packed with brainstorming activities, college personal statement samples and more, this book provides a clear, stress-free roadmap to writing your best admission essay.

Writing a college admission essay doesn't have to be stressful. College counselor Ethan Sawyer (aka The College Essay Guy) will show you that there are only four (really, four!) types of college admission essays. And all you have to do to figure out which type is best for you is answer two simple questions:

• Have you experienced significant challenges in your life?
• Do you know what you want to be or do in the future?

With these questions providing the building blocks for your essay, Sawyer guides you through the rest of the process, from choosing a structure to revising your essay, and answers the big questions that have probably been keeping you up at night: How do I brag in a way that doesn't sound like bragging? and How do I make my essay, like, deep?

College Essay Essentials will help you with:

• The best brainstorming exercises
• Choosing an essay structure
• The all-important editing and revisions
• Exercises and tools to help you get started or get unstuck
• College admission essay examples

Inside College Admission Essentials you'll find: - Advice and insight from a team of counselors, advisors, and deans of admission - Interactive exercises that quickly and easily provide the best content for your application - Access to a massive database of online resources, including organizational tools and in-depth guides - Guidance for veterans, students with learning differences, LGBTQ+ students, students interested in women's colleges or HBCUs, and more

Ethan Sawyer (the College Essay Guy), along with dozens of top admission experts, will help you stand out by showing colleges and universities how your values and your drive will change you, your alma mater, and the world.

Packed with tips, tricks, exercises, and sample essays from real students who got into their dream schools, College Essay Essentials is the only college essay guide to make this complicated process logical, simple, and (dare we say it?) a little bit fun. And College Admission Essentials will walk you through every step of the process of getting into your top picks. The perfect companion to The Fiske Guide To Colleges 2020/2021 . For high school counselors and college admission coaches, this is an essential book to help walk your students through writing a stellar, authentic college essay.

• Language English
• Publisher Sourcebooks
• Publication date September 29, 2020
• Dimensions 6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
• ISBN-10 172824000X
• ISBN-13 978-1728240008
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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sourcebooks (September 29, 2020)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 172824000X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1728240008
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.8 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
• #13 in Teen & Young Adult College Entrance Aids
• #104 in College Guides (Books)
• #212 in College Entrance Test Guides (Books)

About the author

Ethan sawyer.

Ethan Sawyer is a nationally recognized college essay expert and sought-after speaker. Each year he helps thousands of students and counselors through his online courses, workshops, articles, and books, and works privately with a small number of students.

Raised in Spain, Ecuador, and Colombia, Ethan has studied at seventeen different schools and has worked as a teacher, curriculum writer, voice actor, motivational speaker, community organizer, and truck driver. He is a certified Myers-Briggs® specialist, and his type (ENFJ) will tell you that he will show up on time, that he'll be excited to meet you, and that, more than anything, he is committed to—and an expert in—helping you realize your potential.

A graduate of Northwestern University, Ethan holds an MFA from UC Irvine and two counseling certificates. He lives in Los Angeles with his beautiful wife and their amazing daughter.

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