Do Now:
Take out your 3 copies of your (draft) essays.
Begin looking at your writing, objectively.
What does each of the essays say about you?
SWBAT:
Analyze and reflect objectively on their own writing, as if from the eyes of a college admissions officer.
College
Essay Selection Day
Now that you have completed 3 different
versions of your college essay, it is time to decide which essay best captures “you”
and the information that you would like to convey to college admissions
officers.
Whichever essay you decide to develop,
edit and revise, understand that you will be spending considerable time with
the topic. Please put significant thought into your selection. In order to assist you, I’m asking you to
answer the following questions.
Essay # 1
Title:
______________________________________________________________________________
General topic:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Message I’m trying to convey about “me”:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My general level of satisfaction with the
topic and message:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Essay # 2
Title:
______________________________________________________________________________
General topic:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Message I’m trying to convey about “me”:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My general level of satisfaction with the
topic and message:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Essay # 3
Title:
______________________________________________________________________________
General topic:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Message I’m trying to convey about “me”:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My general level of satisfaction with the
topic and message:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
As a result of this reflection, I have
decided to move forward with:
Essay #
______________________________________________________________________
I am committing to develop this because: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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