College Essay Workshops
Writing noteworthy essays for college is one of the most important components of the application process. The essay is an opportunity to showcase your unique qualities, while making a meaningful connection with the college admission committee. The personal narrative is often a new form of writing for high school students and can be intimidating or confusing. Practice and professional instruction can help students create exceptional essays.
This three-day workshop will help students understand the essay in context of the application, and lead them through the process of brainstorming content, drafting, editing, and refining. Sessions will be taught by Sarah Colliflower and Linda Kern, both of whom are master level college counselors for Guru Academic Advising. Each has many years of admissions counseling experience, assisting students with telling stories that earned them admission into some of the most selective colleges in the nation.
***In past years, sessions have filled quickly. We are limiting these workshops to ten students, and will space out within the classroom which is designed to hold 30 students***
Who can attend? This is designed with rising senior students headed into the college application process in mind, but rising sophomores and juniors are welcome, too – younger students will benefit from learning to write in this narrative style and can use the essays they compose to start the process of applying to outside merit-based scholarships. Rising seniors will draft an essay that can be used on their upcoming college applications.
When are the workshops?
Session 1: June 1st, 2nd, and 3rd from 9 - 11:30am
Session 2: June 15th, 16th, and 17th from 1-3:30pm
Session 3: July 7th, 8th, and 9th from 9-11:3am
Where will it be? These workshops will be held in Classroom 229 at Midwestern State University, Flower Mound campus
What does it cost? $250 (invoice will be sent via email within 24 hours of filling out the form below)
Feedback from the College Essay Workshop:
"Thank you so much for offering this class!! Gabi was very excited about sharing her essay with me when she came home yesterday, and I
was impressed with what she came up with. I'm excited she is getting a head start on thinking about what to write about and how to make
it interesting. Thank you!!!!"
"Thank you for putting this on for the kids - Sydney loved it! She came home both days telling me all about it. Cute pics too, thank you
for sharing those."
"I just want to thank you for the essay workshop! Jacob said it was great and he struggles with writing so this is a good start to get the ball
rolling."
This three-day workshop will help students understand the essay in context of the application, and lead them through the process of brainstorming content, drafting, editing, and refining. Sessions will be taught by Sarah Colliflower and Linda Kern, both of whom are master level college counselors for Guru Academic Advising. Each has many years of admissions counseling experience, assisting students with telling stories that earned them admission into some of the most selective colleges in the nation.
***In past years, sessions have filled quickly. We are limiting these workshops to ten students, and will space out within the classroom which is designed to hold 30 students***
Who can attend? This is designed with rising senior students headed into the college application process in mind, but rising sophomores and juniors are welcome, too – younger students will benefit from learning to write in this narrative style and can use the essays they compose to start the process of applying to outside merit-based scholarships. Rising seniors will draft an essay that can be used on their upcoming college applications.
When are the workshops?
Session 1: June 1st, 2nd, and 3rd from 9 - 11:30am
Session 2: June 15th, 16th, and 17th from 1-3:30pm
Session 3: July 7th, 8th, and 9th from 9-11:3am
Where will it be? These workshops will be held in Classroom 229 at Midwestern State University, Flower Mound campus
What does it cost? $250 (invoice will be sent via email within 24 hours of filling out the form below)
Feedback from the College Essay Workshop:
"Thank you so much for offering this class!! Gabi was very excited about sharing her essay with me when she came home yesterday, and I
was impressed with what she came up with. I'm excited she is getting a head start on thinking about what to write about and how to make
it interesting. Thank you!!!!"
"Thank you for putting this on for the kids - Sydney loved it! She came home both days telling me all about it. Cute pics too, thank you
for sharing those."
"I just want to thank you for the essay workshop! Jacob said it was great and he struggles with writing so this is a good start to get the ball
rolling."
