Juniors: It would be smart to read at least many of these articles before beginning your college essay in the spring of your junior year (with the first draft due before April vacation).
Senior Essay Assignment/Topics for Current Juniors Spring 25 and for 25-6 seniors.
The topics for '24/'25 juniors are usually announced in late February and sometimes stay the same.
The Common App's announcement for 2025 including new information about two optional shorter essays you can do IN ADDITION to our senior essay: Common App announcement of topics and new shorter optional essays 25
You shouldn't write your main college essay about the lockdown, but you can use the additional question about it on the Common App. to do so if your experience was quite different from others'. Beware of using this if others' experiences would have been tougher.
My notes from InGenius webinars about this essay:
Keys from a College Board webinar about AI use in college admissions and college 25
Keys from an InGenius webinar about the essay 7/24/24
Keys from a second InGenius webinar about application writing 8/17/23
Keys from an InGenius webinar about application writing 23
Notes from an InGenius seminar about the college admissions essay 22
Supplementary Essay Advice
Keys from an InGenius webinar about doing supplementary essays 22
You can listen to an InGenius webinar about the essay at https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fxuj4-10bd141
(for as long as they keep it posted).
Good advice about the college admissions essay 25
General advice when starting your essay 25
What admissions officers want to see in college essays 24
Good simple college essay advice 24
good article about how to write the college essay 23
Good advice about the college admissions essay 23
Coilege essay errors to avoid 23
InGenius's Guide to the essay prompts 22-23
The essay may be the most unfair part of college admissions 22
Essay advice from admissions officers 21
A College Admissions Dean Tells You How To Write A Good College Admissions Essay 21
What Colleges are looking for in your essay 21
Why and How it's worth sweating over the Essay 21
Bad Writing To Avoid in your essay 21
5 Ways to Avoid a Cringeworthy Essay 19
Those Dreaded Essays - some tips 19
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