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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Presenting Yourself to the Colleges of Your Choice | |
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| The Importance of Stating Your Case to the Admissions Committees | |
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| What "Marketing Yourself" Means | |
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| How to Assess Your Strengths and Unique Features | |
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| When and How to Market Yourself | |
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| Assessing the Colleges That Closely Match Your Strengths | |
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| Communicating Your Strengths by Supplementary Documentation | |
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| The Value of Recommendations from Those Who Can Speak to Your Strengths | |
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| Summary | |
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| How to Write an Exciting Essay | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Major Requirements for Good Essay Writing | |
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| What Is a Personal Essay? | |
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| Don't Get It Right, Get It Written! | |
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| A Reflective Personal Statement | |
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| A Pair of Mature Personal Essays | |
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| Principles of Good College Essay Writing | |
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| Why Do We Have to Do This Stuff? | |
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| What Some Colleges Say about Essay Writing and Presentation | |
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| Pieces of the Puzzle: Assembling Your Application | |
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| Different Types of Essay Questions--Yet You Are You | |
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| Sample Essay Questions from the Common Application and Applications from Top Schools | |
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| Reading between the Lines of Essay Questions | |
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| Adapting Your Work: Using the Same Essay for Multiple Topics | |
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| The Additional Writing Sample | |
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| Asking and Answering Your Own Question | |
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| Dos and Don'ts of Good Essay Writing | |
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| How You Know When You Have Written Your Best Personal Statement | |
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| Types of Students and Examples of the Essays They Have Written | |
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| The All-Around Kid | |
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| The Athlete | |
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| The Performing or Creative Artist | |
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| The Liberal Artist | |
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| The Research Scientist | |
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| What I Stand For: The Student with a Passion and a Statement to Make | |
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| The Survivor | |
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| The International Student | |
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| The Expatriate | |
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| The Student with a Learning Disability or Special Needs | |
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| The Late Bloomer | |
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| The Fallen Angel: The Student with Something Negative to Explain | |
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| Special Circumstances | |
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| The Postgraduate or Student Taking a Year Out | |
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| The Transfer Student | |
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| Miscellania: Other Strong Examples of Writing on Different Topics | |
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| Now That You Have Written Your Essays... | |
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| What Else? Marketing and Presenting Yourself through Supplementary Materials and Communication | |
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| Marketing and Presenting Yourself | |
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| Reporting New Developments to Colleges As They Occur | |
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| Putting Together a Strong Resume | |
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| Interviews | |
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| Contacting Supporters and Writing Letters | |
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| Asking for Recommendations | |
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| Letters from Others | |
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| Letters from You | |
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| Assembling and Submitting Supplementary Materials | |
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| Portfolios | |
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| A Book List (Bibliography) | |
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| In Summary | |
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| Summary Checklist and Frequently Asked Questions about Presentation | |
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| Presentation Checklist | |
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| Frequently Asked Questions about Presentation | |
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| A Presenter's Glossary | |
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| Concluding Advice for Parents and Students | |
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| Bibliography | |