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From the blog:
I’m a few weeks into the first session of my College Essay Bootcamp (or as I think of it, “Christmas in July,” as essays are my favorite part of the admission process) and most of my students are moving nicely out of the brainstorming phase and transitioning into writing what will eventually become full-fledged essays. Some students begin the next step with incredible ease, quickly identifying solid ideas and fleshing them out into sentences and phrases, but others get bogged down in the brainstorming process and are reluctant to take the leap. They fear their ideas aren’t good enough, that they don’t have anything to say, or that once they do get an idea on paper, it will be a poor choice of topic.
Here’s the secret I tell every single student, readers:
There are no bad essay topics. Read More
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