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Applying to College in the Fall? Do These 7 Things this Summer

By Tania Runyan 4 Comments

Getting ready to apply for college? Tania Runyan has 7 things you can do to get yourself ready to choose a college and write your application essay.

Filed Under: Blog, College, How to Write a College Application Essay

How to Write a College Application Essay: Some Final Thoughts

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Tania Runyan offers some final thoughts about maintaining perspective in this last installment of our series about writing a college application essay.

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How to Write a College Application Essay: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading

By Tania Runyan 5 Comments

Once a draft of the college application essay is written, now it’s time for revising, editing, and proofing. Tania Runyan explains how.

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How to Write a College Application Essay: Starting to Write

By Tania Runyan 4 Comments

Tania Runyan uses a few familiar writing techniques to help students who are starting to write their college application essay.

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How to Write a College Application Essay: Choosing a Topic

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Tania Runyan gives students an idea of the types of questions they may encounter when choosing a topic for their college application essay—including a list of the current Common App questions.

Filed Under: Blog, College, Creative Non-Fiction, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a College Application Essay

How to Write a College Application Essay: A Closer Look at a Winning Application

By Tania Runyan 4 Comments

This time, we’re going to take a look at how a young man made the most of my College Essay Yes-Yes’s in his own winning application.

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How to Write a College Application Essay: So What Kind of Writing Is This?

By Tania Runyan 6 Comments

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Tania Runyan offers guidelines for how to write a college application essay, including some no-no’s (and yes-yes’s).

Filed Under: Blog, College, Creative Non-Fiction, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a College Application Essay

How to Write a College Application Essay: What’s it All About?

By Tania Runyan 7 Comments

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Amidst all the data surrounding grades and test scores and class ranking, Tania Runyan assures us the college essay is a chance to just be yourself. Isn’t that a relief?

Filed Under: Blog, College, Creative Non-Fiction, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a College Application Essay

How to Write a College Application Essay: An Introduction

By Tania Runyan 9 Comments

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Introducing the How to Write a College Application Essay series, Tania Runyan assures us that poetry and personal statements aren’t too far off.

Filed Under: Blog, College, Creative Non-Fiction, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a College Application Essay

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