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Our Approach
We partner your student with an essay coach who will provide expert guidance on highlighting their strengths and writing the most compelling stories. We have found that once students can identify a topic and solidify an outline their anxiety is greatly reduced. Each writing assignment will bring about new learning, and students will gain confidence with each milestone they reach. Our approach is broken down into manageable pieces.
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Services and Packages
Common Application Essay Package
The common application will offer students up to seven different essay prompts. The first step is to help our students understand the writing prompts. Next, we will devote our time working on essay brainstorming until we identify the best stories to help students create a narrative highlighting their backstory and what the student learned throughout their journey. The common application essay will bring a student’s profile to life and give the admissions committee a chance to get to them outside their grades and test scores. By writing a thoughtful, personal experience, students can embrace this opportunity to its full extent. We provide a supportive atmosphere for students to reach their goals.
UC Essay Package
Students will be provided with 8 Insight questions, from which they must choose 4- 350 word writing prompts to respond to and get their point across compellingly. The essays offer students a chance to showcase their talents and skills within the context of their school and local communities.
The first step is to help students break down each prompt and give them some excellent ideas and examples. If one specific prompt will allow a student to show a part of who they are that is not showcased in other parts of their application, then this is a great place to start. Our goal is to help our students identify and outline their most exciting life experiences and stories and move from the outline to the initial essay draft.
Next, we help our students to expand upon their experiences by providing details about what they learned and accomplished and how they will make further contributions at the college level. These essays rely heavily on the narratives of a student’s background and life experiences. We will work on refining each writing draft until the essay conveys the student’s authentic voice and tell their story.
College Essay Supplements
The specific essay supplements will ask students to write about why they want to attend X school and how they have prepared for a particular major. Students often struggle to articulate their thoughts on these subjects. Most colleges will have 1-3 additional essay requirements varying in length from 200-600 words. Colleges use these essays to help them form a holistic picture of the applicant and judge how well they will fit into the campus culture.
These are some of the most important essays that a student will write for private and out-of-state public schools. Some colleges require students to write a creative reply, talk about how they want to improve the world, contribute to the campus community, and take advantage of specific campus opportunities. We are well equipped and prepared to assist our students in deep diving into the program and sharing the interests that connect them to each school.
The best writing supplements will include identifying with various campus life, specific classes, professors, and the student’s excitement to be a part of the freshman class. We begin with brainstorming and outlining and then move on to the essay editing process with detailed feedback.
The Stanford Essays
For a lot of students, Stanford’s application and essays are daunting. Students will be asked to write three short essays (-250 words) and five short questions of 50 words or less (about a paragraph). Fear not, because our college essay coaches will be there to help you demystify the prompts.
Students are asked to reflect on an idea or experience that makes them curious and driven to learn in and out of the classroom. We provide students with writing assignments to help them reflect on their last few years in high school and connect to memories of the classroom, at science camp, or some other extracurricular.
The key is to include intellectual curiosity, initiative, drive and diverse experiences. Prompt 2 is the famous roommate essay that should reveal something fun and interesting about you. Prompt 3 asks for students to write about something meaningful and why. We suggest connecting to your core values in writing about what is meaningful to you. The more students are able to include the details of their personal experiences they will come away with an authentic essay.
The University of Washington
Students must write the personal statement essay (650 words) and the community essay (300 words). There is an optional 200-word essay as well. The personal statement requests that students tell a story that demonstrates their character or helped to shape it. Our essay coaches will offer brainstorming exercises and worksheets to help students identify pivotal stories and experiences that have highlighted the student’s character. The student is the story’s hero, and their actions demonstrate this throughout the story. The community essay requests that students write about diversity.
U Washington wants to identify students who will be strong community members. We advise students to search for examples focusing on culture, religious groups, ethnicity, neighborhood, sports teams, or school clubs with which they spend much time. The goal is to write about how that community has positively impacted you.
Resume Development for College Applications
Do High School students need a resume? Having a resume will set you apart from other students. While college applications offer students the option to add a twenty-five-word description of each student activity, more information is needed to stand out to colleges. In addition, these activity descriptions will go to every college on your common application, so you may have yet to have the opportunity to highlight one or more of your specific skills or talents. Aside from attaching the resume to your college applications, a resume can be used for scholarship applications, internships, and paid summer jobs.
It’s also helpful information for your teachers to have while writing a letter of recommendation. Our resume process includes providing students with a template to outline their activities, skills, and experiences, helping them to include the necessary categories, volunteer work, internships, paid work, and awards. The next step is writing detailed descriptions and editing and polishing these categories.
Getting Started
Step 1— After receiving our intake paperwork, you can submit the forms, and we will set up the first session. During that initial consultation, We’ll get to know you, understand where you are in the process, and help you to identify your topic and begin writing an outline.
Step 2— Students will share their outline and we will assist them in developing some story ideas and make suggestions to include key details.
Step 3— The essay coach will provide editing in the shared document. Students will complete another round of essay writing and submit their drafts to the essay coach.
Step 4— Schedule a follow-up essay consult to review your progress.
Step 5— Essay review offline in the document and polishing up the final version.
College Students – Freshman (deciding on which GE classes to take in the first year and how to plan out their coursework with other activities.
Transfer Students – learning what classes to take in order to be competitive transfer students. Learning about prerequisites that are needed for a particular major.
Additional Guidance and Resources
It all starts with the Greenhaus Consultation. Contact us today at 1-858-204-0659 / 858-481-6045 or send us an email at collegeprepbygina@gmail.com