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We finished the first two college essays about her club participation, and how the student is part of her school community. We began brainstorming ideas for the final essay and came up with some really good ideas.

The student and I began revising the short response he has written about why he chose his major for his college. He already had good content for the response; we worked on showing more of his voice and enthusiasm through the language. We also discussed and added some additional points specifically about his chosen major. We began working on the "Why this university?" short answer. After discussing several pieces of information he could include, I recommended that he spend some time researching specifics of courses, extracurriculars, professors, etc. to include in the response. We also made a short list of what he wants to get out of his college experience no matter where he goes, which can be helpful in structuring all of his "Why this university?" essays. He made some alterations to his Common App essay to make it more clearly fit the prompt for another school, and brainstormed a topic and some content for an essay on how "his world" contributed to his aspirations.

The student and I finished his second university essay, looked over all of his first university application, and looked over his common application. All of the above are ready for submission, but I would like to take a final look at everything to check through, so he plans on sending it to me.

We went over the student's completed Common App essay draft, which is in good shape. I did a read-over and highlighted the strongest areas, and gave some tips for how to polish it up for what will hopefully be our final draft discussion on Saturday. We discussed a few smaller prompts and essays, and I gave some tips on how to flesh those out. And we also talked a little about the "what is your motto" prompt" I told him to brainstorm a lot of possibilities and then we could discuss those at the next session.

We worked on two college essays today, narrowing the focus and paring down words to only the most necessary. By the time we were done, the essays showed more of her and less a regurgitation of facts. She plans on editing the two essays we didn't get to more carefully in anticipation of next week in addition to working on the other four remaining essays.

The student and I went through her Supplemental Essays and I advised her on each university's specific requirements. We went through the Common App Essay and she expressed concerns about the tone of the essay. We went through it and highlighted areas where this might be a problem. I provided feedback and together we brainstormed some ways to overcome these issues. Next week we will be going through the supplemental essay edits, Common App Essay edits, and one university's essay. The student will let me know once the changes to the essay have been made so that I can look them over before our next session to discuss.