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College Essay Writing Tip (from a senior who's written dozens) By Jaeda Johnson
The college application process is something I think we can all agree is quite stressful to even think about. While there are many parts that make up an application I will be focusing on the less straightforward part.
Most of the typical applications will include questions with undebatable answers, factual ones you don’t need to think too hard about: your personal financial, and academic information. That being said, most universities would also ask you to provide a personal essay or may even ask you to answer specific essay prompts. Throughout my college and scholarship application journey, I have probably written around twenty to thirty essays, and that’s not even including the drafts for each one.
While that may sound excessive, not all of these essay questions required long answers. In fact, most essays you would be writing besides your personal college essay usually have a word limit of 200-300 words. This is to say that a college or scholarship essay won’t usually be excessively long. This is not necessarily a good or a bad thing; it simply means you need to be more concise and be able to convey yourself and your strengths within a certain amount of words while answering a prompt.
This isn’t always exactly the easiest thing to pull off, so here are my personal tips from what I’ve experienced as a senior awaiting the rest of her application results.