The college application essay / Sarah Myers McGinty.

Author: McGinty, Sarah Myers.

Edition: [Rev. ed.].

Publisher: New York : College Entrance Examination Board : Distributed by Henry Holt and Co., c2004.

ISBN: 0874477115

Description: xiv, 159 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject: College applications United States.
Universities and colleges United States Admission.
Exposition (Rhetoric).
Academic writing.

Contents: 1 The Essay and your application -- Where it all began -- How colleges read essays -- Making choices -- Your high school record -- Scores -- Recommendations -- The Interview -- The Essay -- A Timeline for applying to college -- 2 What you know about essay writing -- A New but familiar assignment -- The Challenge of the college essay -- The Structure -- The Style -- The Subject -- The Process -- A Timeline for application essays and personal statements -- 3 Writing an essay -- What exactly is an essay -- Prewriting -- Drafting -- Editing -- Understanding and avoiding plagiarism -- Reviewing the process -- 4 Writing an application essay -- Colleges and their questions -- Short-answer questions -- The Real essays -- The Questions -- Other essay problems -- Summary -- Quick fixes for the first paragraph -- 5 Focusing on you -- Contrasting two essays -- Prewriting: creating a self-outline -- Drafting: converting the Self-outline into an Essay -- The High-risk essay -- Editing -- Making the essay yours -- Summary -- Quick fixes for procrastinators -- 6 Parents and the process -- A Letter to parents -- The Essay -- Final tips -- Conclusion -- Quick fixes to the essay work for your child -- 7 Analyzing twelve essays.