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Top Ten tips for Writing a College Essay

Top Ten tips for writing a college essay

Writing an essay is the biggest challenge what students face in their college life. Sometime, they find it hard to find the brainstorming topic, and if they find the topic, then they find it hard to bring their thoughts out in the essay. Also, the essay writing is the best form to express yourself out, but you should be best in expressing your thoughts in the limited words. Writing college essay is the best way to develop your personality and stand out as the best among your colleagues in the college. But, you should keep some points in your mind while writing a college essay. Let’s find out the top ten tips to write a college essay.

  1. Start your essay early

If you start writing our essay early, then you will have plenty of time to give your best shot. The more time you give while writing an essay, the less stress you will have while writing it. It is one of the best essay writing advice.

  1. Be what you are

Sometime students try to find the interest of others; they try to think that what topic can bring the interest out from the audience. They think that what can interest other while writing an essay. But, the fact is that you should write an essay on the topic which interests you. You should pursue with the topic what is significant to you. You should bring out the essay in such a form that resembles you in any life event or your interest. The essay might not be boring to write, but it can be boring to read.

  1. Always be honest

Sometime you are running late to deliver your essay within a deadline, and you have not started the essay at all. So, you will try to seek some stories from the internet or from the emails. But, you cannot fool your college admission officers, they have seen hundreds of such stories and they know it all that from where the essay is plagiarized. If you are thinking to make some tweaks in the word and change the story somewhat, then you are thinking it wrong. The college admission officers have seen all these and your college career will be at risk.

  1. Take some risk

Don’t write the common essay what your friend is writing. Imagine your essay is the last one which officer will read and it is the common one, then you have the maximum chances of getting rejected.

  1. Give your worthy shot

This is the chance of telling your admission officers that why they should admit you in the college. But, sometime the students try to speak about their achievements, community powers, and much other stuff. All these tricks will make your essay look like a grocery list. Yes, you have to write a minimum 650 words, but you should read the question carefully, jot down the good ideas and bring out something filthy. The admission officers are going to read your essay just for 2 minutes, but this essay will let them know you much better as a person.

  1. Write, Write and rewrite

If you try to write a masterpiece on the first try, then you are thinking wrong. You cannot write a masterpiece on the first try and the pressure will be huge on you for that. So, for the first time write what comes into your mind? Don’t worry much about the spelling and grammatical errors. Just try to write down in the piece of the paper what comes into your mind. But, sometime the students write lengthy words and write much, and then they have to filter it out. And, sometime the students write the short essay and then they add some more information to make it perfect.

  1. Get an opinion

Even the famous novelists take the second opinion before they send their manuscripts to the publisher to publish their novels. So, always try to take the opinion from your close ones who have knowledge about writing. You can ask about the goods and bad about the essay for them, so that you can improve it. Try to hear criticism from open mind, though the change is not suggested, but you should think on every suggestion carefully.

  1. Proofread

You should read your essay to reduce the errors before you send it to the college officers. As, sometime it become difficult for the writers to find out the small errors, but you should avoid that errors from your essays.

  1. Be professional

When you are sending your essay online, and then make sure you use correct abbreviations. You should be formal enough to impress them.

  1. You don’t have to be an expert

This essay is not the only deciding factor for you to get admission in the college. The officers will look out for many other areas where you fit in. so, don’t take much pressure and fade your other areas out.

Top Ten tips for Writing a College Essay

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