How To Write An Effective College Application Essay: The Inside Scoop For Parents

At last. A guide that brings parents into the college application essay process, rather than pushing them away! How to Write an Effective College Application Essay -- The Inside Scoop for Parents is for moms, dads, grandparents and other adults who want to help their children get into the colleges of their dreams. Parents approach authors and writing coaches Kim Lifton and Susan Knoppow all the time, asking for help understanding college admission essays. They want to guide their children, but they're not sure how. They are tired of being told, Back off; it's not your journey! Parents can - and should - help. And the task doesn't have to be so daunting. As national experts on writing and application essays, with access to top admission officers from around the country, Lifton and Knoppow have answers. How to Write an Effective College Application Essay is the first in the Inside Scoop on Writing Anytthing series of simple, straightforward guides to help adults and students alike master challenging writing tasks. The guide offers insight from the authors' decades of experience as writers and writing teachers and provides tips so parents can prepare their children to respond to any college application essay question. Success on the essay begins at home. This easy-to-follow guide clarifies the mixed messages that confuse parents and students, to help families make sense out of the noise surrounding the essay.

Author: Kim Lifton, Susan Knoppow

Publisher: Wow Writing Workshop

Publication Date: May 23, 2017

Number of Pages: 102 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback/Education

ISBN-10: 0692741321

ISBN-13: 9780692741320