The Personal Essay (Part 6). Steps to Create Your 4th Draft. How to Avoid Making the Wrong Impression on College Admission Officers. Ensuring Your Essay Communicates Your Intended Message

The College Metropolis Podcast: College Admissions Talk for High School Students and Parents

#102 – Today, we reach the next step in crafting the personal essay. Jankel and I uncover the process of calibrating the 3rd draft in such a way that it becomes a message that communicates the intended message. We go over the questions to ask to guide that calibration. In the first half of the episode we talk about a mistake some students make when writing their personal essay. Unfortunately for them, that mistake garners them negative attention from college admission officers. The good news is that it is easy for students to avoid making that mistake. We will tell you all about it. Once the 4th draft is completed, it will be ready to be presented to others for reading and providing feedback. Please go to our show notes on https://collegemetropolis.com to print a copy of the questions we present on this episode. We ask you to please help our show by giving our show a 5-star review on the podcasting platform you use and leaving us a positive review. That will go a long way in helping us be found by others like you. Thank you!