After editing tens of thousands of admissions essays for applicants, we created the ultimate course for students seeking an extra edge in the ultra-competitive college and graduate school application process.

The course contains six lessons and over a hundred pages of content. Each of the lessons will help you with a different portion of the essay-writing process.

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Lesson Two: Brainstorming and Selecting an Essay Topic

• Brainstorming worksheet

• Selecting a Topic

• One essay, multiple applications

Lesson Three: Structure and Outline

• Essay structures

• Sample outline and essay

• Strategies for short essay sets, with sample

• Templates: a cure for severe writer's block

Lesson Four: Style and Tone

• Sentence variety

• Word choice

• Transitions

• Verbs

• Essay clichés

• Achieving genuine style

Lesson Five: Introductions and Conclusions

• Strategies for the most popular styles of introduction

• Conclusions

• Opening with a quotation?

Lesson Six: Editing and Revising

• Editing checklist

• Actual essay gaffes (funny)

• Final steps

• Soliciting feedback