College Essay Bootcamp Schedule:
Bootcamp Schedule:
Bootcamp Session 1: Jun 21 – Jun 23
Wed June 21st, 5 pm - 8 pm US CST
Thu June 22nd, 5 pm – 8 pm US CST
Fri June 23rd, 5 pm - 8 pm US CST
Bootcamp Session 2: Jul 19 - Jul 21
Wed July 19th, 5 pm – 8 pm US CST
Thu July 20th, 5 pm - 8 pm US CST
Fri July 21st, 5 pm - 8 pm US CST
Bootcamp Session 3 - Aug 16 - Aug 18
Wed August 16th, 5 pm – 8 pm US CST
Thu August 17th, 5 pm - 8 pm US CST
Sun August 18th, 5 pm - 8 pm US CST
Outcome:
1. Pre-workshop 30 min with student
2. Three days of group sessions to write college application essays
3. Essays written by the student in GoogleDocs
4. Post workshop 30 min for final feedback with student
Extra Mile College Essay Bootcamp
Price: $799 per student
This is a group workshop for seniors to write their college application essays and these workshops are conducted once or twice every month from summer to year-end. Group essay workshop will be setup as a 3-day workshop totaling 10 hours with simple steps to help the student write 3, 4 or 5 essays.
Essays Covered in Bootcamp:
1. Personal statement
2. Essay on “Why this major” and "Why this college"
3. Community Participation Essay,
4. Diversity Essay and
5. Hobby Essay.
The intent is to help students write essays using the story-telling format to incorporate their personal stories and interesting anecdotes related to the topic. Additional guidance includes organization, usage of rhetorical devices, writing an interesting opening, proper transitions from one point to the next, injecting humor and developing an appropriate conclusion that answers the prompt.
At the end of each day, we review the student’s work in Google Docs and provide feedback.
College Essay Bootcamp Syllabus:
Pre-Workshop Reading & Writing:
Sample essays provided for the student to review
Questionnaire for the student to answer
Pre-Workshop Meeting with Student: 30 min
Discuss student's written responses from questionnaire
Brainstorm possible topics that student can write about
Day #1: 3 hours
Icebreaker
Writing a persuasive personal statement
Essay Organization and Story telling tips,
Adding Humor/Characters/Dialogue
Developing an interesting opening
Shortening essays and
Conclusions & Capturing lessons learned/reflections
Day #2: 3 hours
Researching Supplementary Questions
Developing the "Why Major" and "Why this college" Essay
Writing the Community Participation Essay
Day #3: 3 hours
Writing the Diversity Essay
Writing an essay on a hobby
Using Rhetorical Devices
Summary
Post-Workshop Meeting with Student: 30 min
Review student's essays for final feedback