Powerful college admission essays: a guide to telling your story

Part I. Storytelling: 1. Who cares?

2. Ethics, authenticity, and you

3. The power of stories. ; Part II. Personal statement: 4. The personal statement

5. Approaches to writing

to prompt or not to prompt

6. No bad topics, just bad essays

7. Finding feedback. ; Part III. The rest of writing: 8. Supplemental writing

9. Additional information section

10. Other writing in an application

11. Letters of recommendation

12. Harnessing artificial intelligence

Conclusion: Is it done?