Escape Essay Hell is a fast-and-easy guide to writing narrative-style essays for college application essays.
Janine Robinson, a former journalist, magazine editor and English teacher who has tutored college-bound students on these essays for the last decade, acts as a personal writing coach to guide and cheer students through this dreaded process.
College admissions experts advise students to "Tell a story" or "Make the essay about you " or "Stand out "
And this is all correct. But no one ever explains exactly HOW to do this.
Until now.
In her...
Escape Essay Hell is a fast-and-easy guide to writing narrative-style essays for college application essays.
These 50 college application essays were written by real students who all got into terrific, competitive schools. They used a narrative (storytelling) style, which is the best way to stand out from the pack.
One of the best ways to learn how to write a winning essay is to read other student's effective essays.
Not only can you glean ideas for your own topics, but also learn the style, format and voice of these slice-of-life essays.
The author, Janine Robinson of the popular essay-writing blog Essay Hell, also included an analysis of each essay to show what worked and...
These 50 college application essays were written by real students who all got into terrific, competitive schools. They used a narrative (storytelli...
