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WANT MORE AMAZING ESSAY EXAMPLE RESOURCES?

Personal Statement Examples From Successful College Applications

The Best Common Application Essay Examples

14 Scholarship Essay Examples

17 UC Essay Examples (AKA Personal Insight Questions)

80+ Extracurricular Activity Examples

How to Write a College Essay Step-by-Step: The Ultimate Guide 

 
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COURSE MODULES

Module 1 - Brainstorming
Module 2 - How to Structure Each of the Four Essay Types
Module 3 - How to Revise Your Essay
Module 4 - Ethan Gives Feedback on Real Essays
Module 5 - How to Make Sure Your Essay is Doing Its Job
Module 6 - How to Bring an Essay to Life With Details and Color
Bonus Modules - Advanced Techniques

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INCLUDES

Finalized Common App Application

  • Main personal statement (606 words)

  • Extracurricular activities (10 count)

  • Additional Info Section (475 words)

Five completed College Essay Guy brainstorming exercises

  • The Essence Objects Exercise

  • The Values Exercise

  • The 21 Details Exercise

  • The “Everything I Want Colleges to Know About Me” List

  • The Feelings and Needs Exercise

His supplemental essays & short answers for Stanford

  • Extracurricular essay supplement (146 words)

  • Favorite books, authors, films, and/or artists (50 words)

  • Favorite newspapers, magazines, and/or websites (6 words)

  • Most significant challenge society faces (50 words)

  • How I spent my summers (11 words)

  • Favorite events (17 words)

  • Historical moment witnessed (26 words)

  • What five words describe you best (5 words)

  • Intellectual vitality essay (250 words)

  • Future roommate essay (210 words)

  • What matters to you and why (249 words)

 

Over the last four years, Matchlighters students have enrolled at a wide range of colleges and universities including:

  • Agnes Scott
  • Ashoka University
  • Barnard
  • Baruch College
  • Boston University
  • Carnegie Mellon
  • Collin County Community College
  • Columbia University
  • Cornell
  • CSU - Los Angeles
  • Dartmouth
  • Davidson
  • Drexel
  • Georgia Tech
  • Harvard
  • Kenyon
  • Los Angeles Pierce College (USC Trojan Transfer Plan)
  • Los Angeles Southwest College
  • Loyola University Chicago
  • Macalester
  • Middlebury
  • Minerva
  • MIT
  • Mount Holyoke