Jumpstart Your Common Application Essay!
September 21-22, 2022 | 8:00 p.m. ET 

ABOUT THE WEBINAR SERIES

It may be September, but it’s not too late! Even for early deadlines, there is still plenty of time to craft an excellent Common Application essay. During this two-part interactive webinar, the experts at collegeMission will help you leap forward in the process by sharing tips and tricks from our years of experience coaching students to application success, with the goal of making your process more efficient, more fun, and more successful. Whether you’ve already written your essay and are wondering how to improve it OR you haven’t started yet, this webinar will help you put your best foot forward in the written components of your application.

Webinar participants are also eligible for free follow-up consultations and a discount on our Common Application Boot Camp.

Part 1: Brainstorming for the Common Application
Wednesday, September 21, 2022  |  8:00 p.m. ET 

The goal of this session is to provide students with useful tools that will help them brainstorm in a creative and productive matter and to familiarize them with the different Common Application prompts. Students will leave this session with a list of effective brainstorming techniques and several initial ideas for their Common App essay. 

During this session, students will... 

• Complete several short journaling exercises
• Leverage examples to better understand what makes—and does not make—a successful college application essay
• Critique a sample essay in depth

Part 2: What Makes a Good College Essay? 
Thursday, September 22, 2022  |  8:00 p.m. ET 

This workshop builds on our Brainstorming for the Common Application session, when we can now focus on learning to write with sincerity, rising above the fears, myths, and misperceptions that applicants hold about the task. Students will leave this session with a profound understanding of what their college essay goals should be and how to approach this process in a positive and constructive manner.

1. Explore each of the Common App prompts in depth
2. Begin coming up with ideas for each prompt
3. Learn how to generate ideas, overcome writer’s block, and unlock their creative potential

BEFORE THE SESSIONS

Students and parents will each be asked to fill out a short questionnaire. This step is optional, but the information gathered will help us tailor the session to your needs.

REGISTER

Fill out the form below to register for the two-part series for free! Can’t make the webinar sessions? Be sure to register, and we will send you a recording!

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ABOUT YOUR HOST

Cat Powell has worked in the admissions and application writing field for more than 15 years. She holds a BA in English and music from Harvard University, an MA in English literature from the University of Cape Town, and an MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University. As a GRE instructor at Manhattan Prep, she helped build an interactive online GRE course and scripted and performed in a YouTube series with more than a million views. Cat teaches writing workshops for kids and adults of all ages, including at Columbia and the Berklee College of Music. She is a published fiction writer, with work appearing in the literary journals the South Dakota Review, the Missouri Review, and Action, Spectacle, and is the winner of the Missouri Review’s Peden Prize for best story in a volume year.