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Achieving Admissions: How to Write Admissions Essays to Strengthen Your College Application is a guide that endeavors to strengthen your college application by examining the college admissions essay. This Achieving Admissions guide is unique because it focuses on the most commonly overlooked component of applications: the supplemental essay section. This book provides stellar examples of admissions essay writing from successful high school student applicants. By drawing on the themes and writing techniques these students use, you can improve and revamp your college application to maximize your chances of successful admittance to a prestigious university. This book will assist you with maximizing the strength of your short answer responses, and all you have to do is flip through it. This guide draws upon years of experience assisting high school students with achieving admission to the top schools in the United States, and our goal is to rectify the common mistake students make when they fail to recognize the significance of the supplemental writing sections of the common application. Once the general data, such as your GPA and test score, has been accounted for, the essays become your best shot at bolstering your application. Since you've purchased a copy of this book, however, you're already on the right track to achieve admittance to your preferred school.

When you're planning your college admissions journey, every choice you make about how you spend your time assumes a newfound significance. Your summer represents a particularly important opportunity to make a positive impression on potential colleges. By attending a rigorous academic summer program, you will demonstrate your commitment to learning, get your foot in the door at prestigious schools, and have the chance to study areas of academic interest in depth. Some programs even allow for students to receive transferable college credit. This guide serves as an introduction to the variety of summer programs available at universities all over the United States. The programs listed are organized by school and cover a plethora of academic and extracurricular topics of interest. University faculty and staff can jumpstart your study of specialized academic topics, while extracurricular programs can be a fun opportunity to hone your skills and show your well-roundedness as a student. By attending selective summer programs at prestigious universities, you will acquire personal connections and experiences which will contribute to your successful admission into the college of your choice. These programs may be referenced within your college application to show your familiarity with the given school whose summer program you have attended. Make sure to maintain positive relationships with university faculty at these summer programs as they may be called upon to submit references later. This guide also includes programs which are hosted at less prestigious institutions, with a focus on the Chicago area. If you are looking for a free summer program to gain advanced academic skills in your area, similar reduced-cost programs are likely provided at your respective local colleges.

Do you freeze at the idea of going to networking events?Are you worried about lacking the critical interpersonal skills to get ahead in business?Do you want to be able to confidently connect with anyone, anywhere?Then this book is for you!Inside you will learn how to build your confidence and people skills so that you don't have to worry about feeling awkward and not fitting in.You'll also learn how to develop a growth mindset to turn challenges into success stories, and do things you could only ever dream about doing before.Sam Lee is a Networking/Life Coach, Speaker, and author of "The Social Way".You can contact Sam at samlee@connectwithconfidence.com.au

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