September 19, 20196 yr My youngest could use a good and experienced professional in this area to review what she is doing for her essay. If any of y’all have used anyone or know someone who specializes in these in the Austin area, please let me know. Appreciate any thoughts.
September 19, 20196 yr Just demonstrate some semblance of literacy. You're not going to WOW the admissions boards with your content. Edited September 19, 20196 yr by Iceman
September 19, 20196 yr Are you looking for the $150 session help or the $500,000 guaranteed admission help?
September 19, 20196 yr Tthe main thing is to tell a compelling story beyond the x's and o's of your volunteer work, sports and academics. They read so much of this shit that is bad, a well written, dare I say entertaining, essay gets the edge. Tell them stuff that that don't gleam from the rest of the application. With the shitty writing of the LOL, WTF, texting generation has to be exhausting as hell to read. Tell a compelling story, with well structured english, and good adjectives and you are half way home. Edited September 19, 20196 yr by horn4life
September 19, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, horn4life said: Tthe main thing is to tell a compelling story beyond the x's and o's of your volunteer work, sports and academics. They read so much of this shit that is bad, a well written, dare I say entertaining, essay gets the edge. Tell them stuff that that don't gleam from the rest of the application. With the shitty writing of the LOL, WTF, texting generation has to be exhausting as hell to read. Tell a compelling story, with well structured english, and good adjectives and you are half way home. *glean
September 19, 20196 yr Too bad the Worst Sexual Experience MS Paint thread is gone. There would have been some good essay ideas in there.
September 19, 20196 yr It's all about fake athletic profiles these days, or just tape a shit load of Benjamins to a piece of paper with Essay scribbled on the top and you are good.
September 19, 20196 yr Dear Exclosive University: I am a graduting Senior at ___ High School. I maintained a strong 2.9 GPA while partcipating in many athletic and service activities. I was active in the A/V club, the Key Club, and was treasurer of the school 4H chapter until it closed due to an accounting oversight. You should admitt me to your university because my combination of academic and social skills would be a valuable edition to the student body. Please do not judge me sollee on my SAT score because I am not good at taking tests and that morning I had the shits real bad because of a bad breakfast taco. My personal interests and hobbys include civl war re-enactmints and watching Bering Sea Gold and Ax Men. If you select me to attend your university I will be the fist member of my family to attend college, besides my Aunt Becky who takes classes from the University of Phoenix. Thank you for your support, Name Here
September 20, 20196 yr @Paper_jam “If you select me to attend your university I will be the fist member of my family to attend college, besides my Aunt Becky who takes classes from the University of Phoenix. Thank you for your support,” I’m not sure any college wants to see a reference to Aunt Becky on any freshman admission application for a while.
September 20, 20196 yr Are you in Houston, perhaps? If so, I have a real answer for you (but will have to look it up). Used this guy to polish a law school application and wasn't disappointed. Kind of helpful if your numbers are borderline to get you to the next level, whatever that level might be. Edited September 20, 20196 yr by dcbc
September 20, 20196 yr Just a wild thought, but maybe see if the offspring itself can put some original ideas on paper. If offspring can manage this on its own, take saved $ and romp.
September 20, 20196 yr 12 hours ago, RDCanecutter said: Just a wild thought, but maybe see if the offspring itself can put some original ideas on paper. If offspring can manage this on its own, take saved $ and romp. Another wild thought I had is that I should be less cranky.
September 20, 20196 yr 3 hours ago, RDCanecutter said: Another wild thought I had is that I should be less cranky. You new here?
September 20, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said: You new here? I would like for my eventual room in Hell to have a cleaner, less cluttered look.
October 16, 20196 yr On 9/18/2019 at 9:32 PM, Tailgate said: My youngest could use a good and experienced professional in this area to review what she is doing for her essay. If any of y’all have used anyone or know someone who specializes in these in the Austin area, please let me know. Appreciate any thoughts. Just post what she's got so far. We'll handle the rest.
October 16, 20196 yr Author Surly never disappoints. You guys are allsome. I did find someone very good who has been helping. Now, how about some ideas for coaching this football team....
October 16, 20196 yr 9 hours ago, Tailgate said: Surly never disappoints. You guys are allsome. I did find someone very good who has been helping. Now, how about some ideas for coaching this football team.... who did you find and where are you?
October 16, 20196 yr Author 39 minutes ago, crash_davis said: who did you find and where are you? I’m in Austin...but I found “The College Essay Guy” online. I did a phone interview with him and three others and really liked his concept and team and we are already seeing great results. He has a really strong background and was recently a speaker a the annual meeting of the association of college admissions counselors. Extremely responsive and my daughter really likes who she is working with and Ethan reviews all the final work.
October 16, 20196 yr I am working with my kid and her friends on this now. Are you all seeing a pattern in how poorly these "honors" students write? Does school not teach proper writing? My kid and her friends are all top of class, straight A public school students. They have been in GT classes and, for the most part, read books quite often. Their writing plain sucks and I can't figure out how they have gotten to senior year like this. These kids don't even understand the writing process. No rought drafts, outlines, notes, etc. Maybe my expectations are too high. I had to write a lot growing up in school with some tough teachers, including journalism and debate. If I had ever turned in the essay my daughter's valedictorian gave me to proof, I would have been dropped to remedial English in 7th grade. Edited October 16, 20196 yr by pacman
October 16, 20196 yr On 9/19/2019 at 9:41 PM, dcbc said: Are you in Houston, perhaps? If so, I have a real answer for you (but will have to look it up). Used this guy to polish a law school application and wasn't disappointed. Kind of helpful if your numbers are borderline to get you to the next level, whatever that level might be. Look, OP couldn't explicitly say no Poles...but come on man, no Poles. Edited October 16, 20196 yr by SimonBolivar
October 16, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, SimonBolivar said: Look, OP couldn't explicitly say no Poles...but come on man, no Poles. I had to read this a few times, then read what I wrote. Well done, sir. And, Edited October 16, 20196 yr by dcbc
October 16, 20196 yr There is a guy I know of down in Pampa who is an excellent storyteller that may be able to help. Let me ask my friend Rudy if he can get me the guy's contact info.
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