The College Essay

A quick, compact, yet comprehensive textbook that teaches you how to craft winning college essays and get into the college of your dreams! Learn the secrets and supercharge your writing skills to create unique and memorable essays.How to be memorable? How to be unique? In The College Essay: What Would Dracula Do?, Dr. Sood distills three decades of expertise to provide invaluable insights into what it takes to craft a great college essay and gain admissions to your dream college!Exploring the fact that the college "essay" is not an essay at all but the "story" of your journey in life so far, Dr. Sood taps into the essential components of the hero's journey to help you discover your Memorable Me and tell your unforgettable story."How will my story stand out from the competition?""How will I persuade the admissions officer that I belong on their campus?"The College Essay: What Would Dracula Do? is a one-stop shop to create an personal statement that will make you stand out from the crowd.Follow Dracula's journey as he bangs out great college essays that answer the 7 Common Application prompts. However, watch Dracula get universally rejected because his well crafted essays fail to address the all-important question: "Convince me in 650 words that your presence on campus will enrich the college experience for all other students?"Dr. Sood invites you to evaluate the merits of Dracula's essays before providing a detailed critique that exposes fundamental flaws in Dracula's rhetoric-flaws you need to recognize and also avoid at all costs. Dr. Sood then walks you through the essential elements of style which you need to appreciate as a reader and master as a writer.Empowered in the art and craft of the English Language, you complete a 5-step workshop that identifies key moments and experiences in your own hero's journey. These will provide the material that can be crafted to create your Memorable Me and narrate the amazing story of your journey so far-one that will persuade the admissions committee that you belong on their campus! If you want to take charge of your own destiny, if you want to conquer writing the college essay, and if you want to become an advanced reader and writer, then The College Essay: What Would Dracula Do? is just the book for you.