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With the addition of the new Common App Prompt #4, students are encouraged to find something positive in their lives they can reflect on– and this is a good thing.
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In the face of daunting things, like a college essay, it’s easy to close up and shut down. But it’s spring now: stay open. It’s spring and this is just what creatures do. Rabbits make more rabbits. Branches make buds. Buds crank petals apart and drink up sunshine. The sky seems bigger for longer. Baby turtles linger on their warmed rocks. Teenagers linger on the warmed street. You’re a creature; you can act like one.
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It’s hard to think straight some days about what matters, when we’ve lost so much in the past year of the pandemic. We’re at the 500,000 mark, in February; where is the sun, again? But in this context, your story matters more than ever.
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Wondering if you can write about your weaknesses in your college essay? Yes. I did once earn gold stars for my multiplication tables– but it was in part because the third grade math specials teacher was a terror. Her pedagogy included yelling sharply and loudly, like a Rottweiler defending its threshold, at students whose memorizations fell short. This ensured if they didn’t know their 9’s, they at least crapped their pants in school. She was an ageless old that I now recognize as probably 35. After that, my math successes plateaued, then completely fell off. My math person potential crashed to a halt at the accomplishment of 144, which is 12 x 12. I went down with all my stars.
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When Toad realizes his Friend Frog has gone off to be alone, he decides he’s done something wrong. But he hasn’t, and neither have you.
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Would you like writing your supplemental essays to be as satisfying and straightforward as 1 + 2 = 3? Maybe my 5 year old and I can help you.
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