At least one important takeaway from Heinrichs's video, "The Ideal College Essay." by Chiavola Candice

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Focus on my ability to grow

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Admissions officers look for your ability to grow, learn, and change.

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your essay is not about you, it’s about your audience.

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One important takeaway is that you have to gain the admissions officers attention.

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Try not to try as much and too personal and dreadful will make the reader bored. Write about the ability to grow and continue drafting and starting over.

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it is not about you, but is about the audience

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finding the pith of my story

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Your essay should be about a story of you growing from a conflict you faced.

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The College Essay should revolve around the theme of your ability to grow as a person.

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Focus on growth/ something that made you change for the better and why

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To think about a moment we’re your identity was challenged

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You should first start by crafting your pith

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it’s important to show growth and use effective storytelling throughout your essay to captivate your reader

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The essay is not necessarily “about you.”

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It’s less about you but more about the audience

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It is crucial to write a lot of drafts. You can not cram a college essay as if it were an AP World essay. It is important to take your time. Start writing small things that occur in your life, this can help you in the process.

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It’s not about you. It’s about the audience, getting their attention and trust.

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“It’s not about you” remembering your audience (which is a bored admissions officer) and focusing on your ability to grow in your essay to ensure your not coming off as conceited

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An important takeaway is to focus on growth and recovery from some sort of conflict in order to show colleges who you are as a person alongside your academic performance.

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Avoid cliches because the reader is bored

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A good college essay doesn’t depend on empathy and shouldn’t always revolve around ranting about an emotional situation.

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Admission officers are looking for your ability to grow + adapt. Analyze yourself and include internal conflict + how it led to self discovery.

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No one is particularly special and try not to feel bad for yourself. Just create something down to earth and beautiful

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It’s not necessarily the prompt thats the issue; revise your delivery to highlight the pith.