Personal+Essays

=Personal/College Essays=

=Getting to Know You Survey=

=Memory Project/Scavenger Hunt Project=

Preview
What does a personal essay look like? What topics do people write about? How does a personal essay differ from an analytical essay? [|This I Believe]

[|Essays that Worked (Johns Hopkins)]

[|Teen Ink, College Essays]

[|New York Times, College Essays] =Brainstorming/Remembering/Gathering Ideas=

A. Survey
What can I write about? What if I have not had anything "big" happen in my life?



B. Brainstorming from the Survey

 * Choose a topic from the survey.
 * Take five minutes and jot down everything that enters your mind about that particular topic.
 * Repeat this process five times.
 * Look at your more detailed brainstorming (created by brainstorming about your survey).
 * Take five minutes to jot down any inferences that you can make about yourself, based upon these ideas.
 * Repeat. :-)

Biography Box/Bag/Creative Project


=Personal Essays=

[|Common Application, College Essay Questions]