{"id":38872,"date":"2021-11-13T16:25:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T21:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/?p=38872"},"modified":"2023-05-12T15:25:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T19:25:49","slug":"college-application-essay-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/college-application-essay-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"College Application Essay Tips (2 Favorite Resources)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some of your teens have applied to colleges via the Early Action (EA) or Early Decision (ED) options. Congrats! For those of you who have teens that are applying to college through the Regular Decision option (including CUNY Macaulay Honors College<\/a>), I want to share a couple of my favorite college application essay resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hopefully, by this point, your teen has had the chance to discuss college application logistics with his or her high school guidance counselor at an individual meeting. (If not, I would find out why not and how to make that happen if I were you.)

Regardless, it\u2019s important for us parents to have a general understanding regarding the various college application parts also. This includes making sure that our teens know how to write a solid college application essay. I have skimmed several resources but I want to share my two favorite ones so that you can read and watch them for yourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College Application Essay Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Queens Library Blog Post<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Padurano of Crimson Coaching shares tips on planning and brainstorming the essay in How To Write A Great College Application Essay<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a blog post on the Queens Library website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of San Francisco Zoom Replay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The University of San Francisco<\/a> has some of the best college preparation admission events. I have been so impressed. The College Essay <\/strong>session (which you can view on their Dons Prepare Series Zoom <\/a>replay page) is very informative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The session is filled with general (not university-specific) tips. They covered the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n