The College Application Process

 

At Worth Education we take the stress out of applying for admission to college.  We enable students to take ownership of their college planning and deadlines by putting the myriad of things they need to accomplish in one place.  Here is how we do it.

College
Applications
Deadlines:  different types
Common App Y, N, other
Essay(s) completed
Application completed
Recommendations
Asked for
Submitted by writer
Send thank you
Transcript
Request submitted
Test Scores Request to submit
SAT I
SAT II
ACT
Mid-year report
Submitted
SSAR
Created
Submitted

 

ACADEMICS

Combined, our team has over 100 years of classroom experience!

…from remedial to advanced and everything in between

….from grade 2 through graduate school

• Math
• Reading
• Writing
• History
• Spanish
• Physics
• Study Skills

The All-Important Personal Statement

 

The personal essay can make or break a student’s prospects for success.  Thoroughly experienced and highly skilled, we tailor or services to meet our students’ needs, assisting with any or all aspects of the writing process.

 

• Brainstorming
• Organizing ideas
• Polishing grammar
• Editing final drafts

 

We know the elements that catch the eyes of college admissions officers and what topics and attitudes leave a neutral, even cold impression.  Over the course of the last 20+ years, we have helped thousands of Seniors write winning college application essays.

 

How to write a compelling essay

A stand-out essay is often about a small thing, a seemingly ordinary incident or experience that captures a moment in time.  For the most part, the surface topic merely provides an occasion for personal reflection, allowing students the opportunity to talk about themselves.

 

Most student have a wealth of untapped ideas or experiences, one or two of which can be crafted into an outstanding essay.  We help students recognize their own best ideas, which they themselves might deem unworthy.  And we take it from there.

 

 

Pay attention to grammar, spelling and punctuation.  They matter.  Essays must be mechanically sound, avoiding sentence fragments, run-ons and common verb and pronoun errors, among others.  Higher level writing includes more sophisticated punctuation such as colons and semi colons as well as a facility with complex sentences along with a comfortable writing style.

 

The delivery is more important than the topic.  There are bad topics around which you should carefully tread or maybe avoid altogether.  Here are some to avoid:

• Parent-bashing
• A hero in your life (This essay is about you)
• Humor (It’s very difficult to be funny in print)
• Death of a pet
• Religious or philosophical epiphanies
• Cynicism
• Simple solutions to world problems

 

What else?

• Start early
• Show don’t tell because everybody loves a story
• Be genuine
• Proofread
• If you’re bored with your first sentence, the reader will be, too.
• Be unconventional but not weird
• Make sure if you’re including the name of the college in your essay, that you name the right school. The University of Michigan doesn’t want to know that you’ve always wanted to attend The University of Florida.