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Posted on 08.08.11 by Todd Johnson 1 Comment

College Essays and Summer Activities

The New York Times recently published an article talking about how important summer programs are to have a strong college essay. The problem is that the author drew a conclusion without really understanding the college essay.

Writing a strong college essay has nothing to do with attending an expensive summer program. Rather, it is about letting the admissions office get a glimpse into who you really are.

The article does talk with another independent educational consultant who says correctly that the essay is about the student, not an activity. But the article really focuses on the summer activities.

Might a summer program lead to a story about the you behind the application? Sure. But so might a summer job, volunteering at the local homeless shelter, swimming at the local pool and an untold number of other activities.

Admissions officers are not impressed with expensive summer activities. All that establishes is that you have money.  In fact, you run the risk of sounding like every other applicant if you write about all that you learned on your summer in “pick a poor country.”

The college application essay is not an updated version of your third grade “what I did on my summer vacation.”  Instead, dig deep, and figure out something small about you that you can tell the admissions office about.

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Categories: College Admissions Counseling, College Application Tags: college applications

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Todd Johnson is the founder of College Admissions Partners. Todd regularly teaches other independent college admissions counselors and is the country's leading expert in BS/MD admissions. He is also the author of a best selling book on BS/MD admissions.

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  1. Phil Roybal says

    August 8, 2011 at 11:09 am

    I agree. I think the important thing is to find and write about experiences that have changed your life— why they did so, and what the change was. They can be found on the other side of the block or the other side of the world, but the where is not really important.

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