HOW TO WRITE THE COMMON APPLICATIONS + SUPPLEMENTAL ESSAYS
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This video course offers a values-based approach to producing not only a stand-out Common Application, activities list, and additional information section, but also the supplemental essays that most selective schools require.
It includes all the resources you need to tackle the application and includes Q&A sessions in which I answer the most common questions about both the college application and supplemental essay-writing process.
Module 1 – How to Create an Inspired Application in Half the Time
Module 2 – The Activities List, Additional Info, and “Why Us?’”Essay
Module 3 – The Extracurricular Essay
Module 4 – Specific Supplemental Essays
Module 5 – Short Answers + More Supplemental Essays
Module 6 – How to Make Sure an Application Is Doing Its Job
Bonus Modules – The Rest of the College Application
HOW TO WRITE A PERSONAL STATEMENT
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This online video course provides students with everything they need to write an amazing personal statement for college.
Whether you’re using the Common Application, Coalition Application, or applying to one of the hundreds of public state colleges or universities, this course will give you the tools to write an essay that demonstrates your core values and how you’ll make meaningful contributions to the college campus.
With over a dozen video lessons and awesome sample essays, it’s the most comprehensive course of its kind.
Module 1 – Brainstorming
Module 2 – How to Structure Each of the Four Essay Types
Module 3 – How to Revise Your Essay
Module 4 – Ethan Gives Feedback on Real Essays
Module 5 – How to Make Sure Your Essay is Doing Its Job
Module 6 – How to Bring an Essay to Life With Details and Color
Bonus Modules – Advanced Techniques
HOW TO ANSWER THE UC APPLICATION PROMPTS
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The UC schools have some pretty specific things they are looking for in their application.
This video course provides students with a step-by-step guide to understanding what those things are, and how they can answer each of the eight possible UC Personal Insight Questions in a way that helps them stand out and paint a complete picture of who they are, what they are passionate about, and how they will contribute to their future UC campus.
It includes all the resources and exercises you need to tackle the UC questions, the activities list and includes recorded Q&A sessions in which I answer the most common questions about both the UC personal insight questions and the writing process as it relates to the UC schools.
Session 1 – How to Choose Your Topics
Session 2 – How to Stand Out on Each of the UC Prompts
Session 3 – Revising the First Draft
Session 4 – Taking Things to the Next Level
Session 5 – Ethan Workshops Your Essays
Plus: In the first session, you’ll learn the one thing you ABSOLUTELY MUST DO before beginning your UC application.
