On Writing the College Application Essay, 25th Anniversary Edition The Key to Acceptance at the College of Your Choice

Name: On Writing the College Application Essay, 25th Anniversary Edition The Key to Acceptance at the College of Your Choice
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ISBN: 9780062123992

ISBN-10: 0062123998

ISBN-13: 9780062123992

Edition: 25th (Revised)

Authors: Harry Bauld

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A newly revised edition of a perennial favorite, On Writing the College Application Essay by Harry Bauld—formerly an admissions officer at Brown University and assistant director of admissions at Columbia University—is an insider’s guide to writing a college application essay that will stand out from the pack.

Book details

List price: $16.00
Edition: 25th
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/7/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface to the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition


Introduciton


Getting Ready



The Gray Area



Know Your Audience



Danger: Sleepy Prose Ahead (or, The Sandman Cometh)


Writing



Chilling Out (or, Everything I Say You Can t Do, You Can Do)



Warming Up



Coming Alive



Sweetheart, Get Me Rewrite!



Tinkering



Evolution of an Essay


Reading



A Not-Brief-Enough Rant About Supplements (or, Will Someone Please Scrap the Common App?)



Exhibits: The Quick and the Dull



Anthology



Exhibits II