Inside College Admissions
We believe students are more than their test scores and colleges are more than their rankings. Higher education and career readiness is the gateway to expanded opportunities for advancement, yet far too many high school students fail to realize those opportunities. We set out to fix a flawed college and career readiness process.
You'll hear from a variety of Scoir team members who will host conversations with industry experts and thought leaders. Join us as we share advice from students, supporters, counselors, colleges, and more!
Inside College Admissions
Practical Writing Steps & Exercises for Students featuring The College Essay Guy!
Ashley Smith, Director of Marketing for Scoir, is joined by Ethan Sawyer, The College Essay Guy! Ethan is a nationally recognized college essay expert, and the author of Amazon Best Sellers: College Essay Essentials, and College Admission Essentials. He offers his expertise through his blog, online courses, workshops, books, and one-on-one work. Our conversation covers all-things college essays, but here are the highlights:
- Where and how to write about the impact that the pandemic had on you personally
- What are some things you love or know a lot about? (An exercise)
- Not getting locked into your challenged-based stories
- The Feelings and Needs Exercise
- What are the “islands of your personality”?
- 7 montage paths and identifying the different sides of yourself
- Identifying values and finding examples of those values
- Having these things reflected back to you so that you can identify patterns and write a beautiful college essay