.
Feedback

More Secrets of the College Application Essay Process

Check the basement for pods!!!!!! Avoid cliches like the plague!!!! Students tend to write about the SAME THINGS everyone else writes about.

Taking a Generic Approach

Check the basement for pods or avoid these clichés like the plague:

i)        “I volunteer with special needs kids.”

ii)      “I am captain of our Mathlete team.”

iii)    “I play soccer and am on the fencing team.”

iv)    “I’m hardworking, ambitious, and driven.”

v)      “I am intellectually curious.”

vi)    “I get along well with my peers. They often look to me for leadership.”

vii)  “My grandfather’s death made me want to be a doctor.”

BIO:

Randy Levin has a MA in English and a MFA in Creative Writing. He is a published writer and was a high school English teacher in high achieving North Shore Long Island school districts for close to ten years. He works with students on their college application essays through his company, Persuasive Writing Services. The vast majority of his clients are accepted to the Ivy League or other prestigious colleges.

www.PersuasiveWritingServices.com  

RandyLevin11@gmail.com

(917) 450-9495


Newsletter & Alerts

Get the best stories each day and important breaking news

Subscribe

Not from East Meadow Patch? Find your Local Patch »

Loading comments ...
Note Article
Just a short thought to get the word out quickly about anything in your neighborhood.
Share something with your neighbors. Write a new post... What's up? Make an announcement, speak your mind, or sell something
paul May 23, 2013 at 08:33 pm
OK we will look for it. To bad you do not say where it will be. Will it be? or Will it not be?Read More How are those Town permits coming along?
Sara Rietbroek May 15, 2013 at 10:18 pm
Not sure why that happened. May have been a technical error.
JACK COLLINS May 15, 2013 at 06:45 pm
Did I really need this anouncement 22 times?