756. GUIDANCE FOR WRITING A STRESS-FREE COLLEGE ESSAY

Students often approach their college applications as if each essay is the most important piece of prose they've ever written, which leads to overthinking and anxiety. There is a better way! Amy and Mike invited essay specialist Jill Margaret Shulman to share guidance for writing a stress-free college essay.

What are five things you will learn in this episode?

1. What are myths that exist in essay writing?

2. What stops students from getting started with their essay in the first place?

3. What techniques help empower students to write?

4. What are some positive steps if a student gets stuck?

5. What is the one piece of advice about personal essay writing that every student needs to hear?

MEET OUR GUEST

Jill Margaret Shulman is the author of College Admissions Cracked: Saving Your Kid (and Yourself) from the Madness and College Essay Confidence: Conquer Blocks, Free Your Voice, and Write a Knockout Application Essay. She's also the founder of In Other Words, a college essay coaching service. She has spent decades shepherding families through the college admissions process and has evaluated applications at elite colleges. Shulman has also taught writing at The New School, City University of New York, and NYU and has been featured in Forbes, LA Times, The New York Times, Parents, and elsewhere. She lives in the higher education mecca of Western Massachusetts.

Jill can be reached at jillshulman.com.

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College Essay Confidence: Conquer Blocks, Free Your Voice, and Write a Knockout Application Essay