College Admission Essay Help

[Tailgate 3026]

My youngest could use a good and experienced professional in this area to review what she is doing for her essay. If any of y’all have used anyone or know someone who specializes in these in the Austin area, please let me know.

Appreciate any thoughts.

[justhookit 4191]

Randolph Duke. He will either get them into UT or banned from aggy. win/win

[Iceman 2806]

Just demonstrate some semblance of literacy.  You're not going to WOW the admissions boards with your content.

 

 

Edited September 19, 2019 by Iceman

[Dbeasy 15235]

Felicity Huffman

[dirtonia 269]

Use moreover at least once, they live that shit.

[bernorange 8375]

Are you looking for the $150 session help or the $500,000 guaranteed admission help?

[woohorn 1131]

Use moreover at least once, they live that shit.

This man sounds lagit...

[horn4life 3819]

Tthe main thing is to tell a compelling story beyond the x's and o's of your volunteer work, sports and academics.  They read so much of this shit that is bad, a well written, dare I say entertaining, essay gets the edge. 

Tell them stuff that that don't gleam from the rest of the application.  With the shitty writing of the LOL, WTF, texting generation has to be exhausting as hell to read.  Tell a compelling story, with well structured english, and good adjectives and you are half way home.

Edited September 19, 2019 by horn4life

[Prepuce of Doom 21118]

1 hour ago, horn4life said:

Tthe main thing is to tell a compelling story beyond the x's and o's of your volunteer work, sports and academics.  They read so much of this shit that is bad, a well written, dare I say entertaining, essay gets the edge. 

Tell them stuff that that don't gleam from the rest of the application.  With the shitty writing of the LOL, WTF, texting generation has to be exhausting as hell to read.  Tell a compelling story, with well structured english, and good adjectives and you are half way home.

*glean

[LABEVO 928]

Write in emicons 

[NeverMarryAStripper 22030]

Too bad the Worst Sexual Experience MS Paint thread is gone.  There would have been some good essay ideas in there.

[Reagan1k 3026]

It's all about fake athletic profiles these days, or just tape a shit load of Benjamins to a piece of paper with Essay scribbled on the top and you are good. 

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

She 18 yet?

[Paper_jam 838]

Dear Exclosive University:

I am a graduting Senior at ___ High School. I maintained a strong 2.9 GPA while partcipating in many athletic and service activities.  I was active in the A/V club, the Key Club, and was treasurer of the school 4H chapter until it closed due to an accounting oversight. You should admitt me to your university because my combination of academic and social skills would be a valuable edition to the student body. Please do not judge me sollee on my SAT score because I am not good at taking tests and that morning I had the shits real bad because of a bad breakfast taco. My personal interests and hobbys include civl war re-enactmints and watching Bering Sea Gold and Ax Men. If you select me to attend your university I will be the fist member of my family to attend college, besides my Aunt Becky who takes classes from the University of Phoenix. Thank you for your support,

Name Here

 

[Iceman 2806]

^^^^^^^^^

 user name is perfect

[Reagan1k 3026]

@Paper_jam   “If you select me to attend your university I will be the fist member of my family to attend college, besides my Aunt Becky who takes classes from the University of Phoenix. Thank you for your support,”

I’m not sure any college wants to see a reference to Aunt Becky on any freshman admission application for a while.  

[Sbbruin 21913]

Make sure to include a photo

[dcbc 14570]

Are you in Houston, perhaps?  If so, I have a real answer for you (but will have to look it up).  Used this guy to polish a law school application and wasn't disappointed.  Kind of helpful if your numbers are borderline to get you to the next level, whatever that level might be.

Edited September 20, 2019 by dcbc

[RDCanecutter 26553]

Just a wild thought, but maybe see if the offspring itself can put some original ideas on paper.

If offspring can manage this on its own, take saved $ and romp.

[RDCanecutter 26553]

12 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

Just a wild thought, but maybe see if the offspring itself can put some original ideas on paper.

If offspring can manage this on its own, take saved $ and romp.

Another wild thought I had is that I should be less cranky.

[jimmyjazz 46482]

3 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

Another wild thought I had is that I should be less cranky.

You new here?

[RDCanecutter 26553]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

You new here?

I would like for my eventual room in Hell to have a cleaner, less cluttered look.

[High Plains Drifter 11057]

On 9/18/2019 at 9:32 PM, Tailgate said:

My youngest could use a good and experienced professional in this area to review what she is doing for her essay. If any of y’all have used anyone or know someone who specializes in these in the Austin area, please let me know.

Appreciate any thoughts.

 

Just post what she's got so far. We'll handle the rest.

[Tailgate 3026]

Surly never disappoints. You guys are allsome.

I did find someone very good who has been helping. 

Now, how about some ideas for coaching this football team....

[crash_davis 23159]

9 hours ago, Tailgate said:

Surly never disappoints. You guys are allsome.

I did find someone very good who has been helping. 

Now, how about some ideas for coaching this football team....

who did you find and where are you?

[Tailgate 3026]

39 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

who did you find and where are you?

I’m in Austin...but I found “The College Essay Guy” online. I did a phone interview with him and three others and really liked his concept and team and we are already seeing great results. He has a really strong background and was recently a speaker a the annual meeting of the association of college admissions counselors. Extremely responsive and my daughter really likes who she is working with and Ethan reviews all the final work.

[pacman 7432]

I am working with my kid and her friends on this now.

Are you all seeing a pattern in how poorly these "honors" students write? Does school not teach proper writing? My kid and her friends are all top of class, straight A public school students. They have been in GT classes and, for the most part, read books quite often.

Their writing plain sucks and I can't figure out how they have gotten to senior year like this. These kids don't even understand the writing process. No rought drafts, outlines, notes, etc. Maybe my expectations are too high. I had to write a lot growing up in school with some tough teachers, including journalism and debate.

If I had ever turned in the essay my daughter's valedictorian gave me to proof, I would have been dropped to remedial English in 7th grade.

Edited October 16, 2019 by pacman

[SimonBolivar 10961]

On 9/19/2019 at 9:41 PM, dcbc said:

Are you in Houston, perhaps?  If so, I have a real answer for you (but will have to look it up).  Used this guy to polish a law school application and wasn't disappointed.  Kind of helpful if your numbers are borderline to get you to the next level, whatever that level might be.

Look, OP couldn't explicitly say no Poles...but come on man, no Poles.

Edited October 16, 2019 by SimonBolivar

[dcbc 14570]

1 hour ago, SimonBolivar said:

Look, OP couldn't explicitly say no Poles...but come on man, no Poles.

I had to read this a few times, then read what I wrote.  Well done, sir. 

And,

 

Edited October 16, 2019 by dcbc

[Baboontyme 2839]

There is a guy I know of down in Pampa who is an excellent storyteller that may be able to help. Let me ask my friend Rudy if he can get me the guy's contact info. 

[Kennythetiger 9500]

Great idea, unless she wants to work at Arby's.