Every Common App Essay Prompt ANALYZED
If you're confused about how to approach the common app essay prompts or need inspiration on how to structure your common app essay, I GOT YOU. Writing a college essay is hard, so I'm going to take you through every common app essay prompt and help you structure your essay.
We'll also go through my guiding outline (linked below) that you can follow along while we go through the prompts so that you have a general outline that works for all of the prompts! From your introduction all the way to your points of growth and your conclusion, I'll be here along the way explaining what's expected of you, what the prompt actually means, and how to creatively tackle this important college essay!
Guiding Outline (to follow along and take notes under): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c...
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Timestamps:
00:00 hello all!
00:21 how to structure your common app essay
01:29 prompt 1 (background, identity, interest story)
03:40 prompt 2 (challenge/setback/failure)
05:59 prompt 3 (questioned belief or idea)
08:34 prompt 4 (reflect on what someone did that made you happy)
09:58 prompt 5 (period of personal growth or new understanding)
12:09 prompt 6 (topic/idea that makes you lose track of time)
13:28 prompt 7 (topic of your choice)
14:47 outro
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Welcome to my channel - College Tips From the Almost Astrophysicist! I'm Priya and I'm here to help you get into college. I'm a University of Chicago grad with an Astrophysics degree that currently works as a Data Scientist and I want to break down the college application process and tackle all of the misconceptions about college for you! Let me know in the comments section down below if you have any video requests, or just want to say hi! :)
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