Improving Your College Essay Writing

Level 5 - Ivy League

Welcome back! Previously, we discussed the need for personal statements and essays to avoid regurgitating resumes and instead to actually present a story with facts included. 

If you missed that article, you can read it below:

Based on the feedback we received from several of you all, we have decided to provide real life examples from some of the students that we work with to highlight the practical differences. 

This is intended to be a highly practical exercise, so we will cut straight to it. For the sake of privacy, we have tweaked some of the names of the extracurriculars but kept the gist of what was accomplished.

Here’s a sample resume: