August 24 .. Beginning the Rough Draft (also, Happy National Waffle Day)
- EVERYONE needs to be seated in a desk or at a table (no more than 2 to a table - the chairs are already there!)
- We will need to handwrite our rough drafts - keep in mind the 300-650 word requirement/limit as you work. When handwriting an essay, it is usually more efficient to estimate a word count - one easy way to do this is to see how many words you average per line over 4-5 lines and then count the number of lines and multiply. Don't count articles (a, an, the) in your count.
- Make sure your hook AND your story/evidence are true to you and set you apart from other applicants. Writing the same BLAH essay that anyone else could write is boring and ineffective. Be you .. don't be boring .. and if you are boring, well, good luck.
