Be prepared for the college application season! In this free webinar from April 2019, we explore college application essays, writing samples, and resumes. The webinar features tips and resources drawn from the Texas OnCourse Academy. We also connect you with representatives from the Common Application and ApplyTexas to keep you in the loop on what's new with these tools.
This webinar is part of our monthly series for registered users of the Texas OnCourse Academy. Click here for more information on this series, including how to get alerts for future webinars.
Helping students and families with their writing can be a challenging aspect of the college application process. Allegra Villareal from Catch the Next and Sarah Simmons, currently with the College Advising Corps, both share their tips for writing essays and crafting resumes. Here are some takeaways.
College essays provide a great opportunity for students to stand out from the crowd and present elements of themselves not reflected in the general application. Great essays connect your student’s past to their future. Remind your students of the following pointers:
Share the following tips with your students to help them create their resumes:
We covered the writing prompts and essays for several different types of applications and want to share those with you here:
Finally, be sure not to miss our resource on everything educators need to know about college planning!