Admit one : writing your way into the best colleges / Thomas Richards.
Title:
Admit one : writing your way into the best colleges / Thomas Richards.
ISBN:
9781421428642
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
©2019
Physical Description:
xv, 182 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Voice -- Words -- Sentences -- Paragraphs -- The essay as a whole -- The master narrative -- Three case studies -- The narrative-based application.
Summary:
"This book is a how-to guide that advises college applicants on how to craft an effective personal essay and an overall compelling, competent persona in their college applications by writing well. The goal is to help applicants gain admission to colleges of their choice by advising them on writing skills, with chapters on skills such as voice, diction, paragraph organization, narrative arc, etc. The book is aimed at high school junior and seniors, their parents, and their guidance counselors"-- Provided by publisher.
OCLC Number:
on1048658824
Availability:
Farmington~1
