Behind the Scenes of the Summer College Essay Intensive

One of the biggest parts of the college application process is the personal statement, and it has the potential to cause the most amount of stress for students! Today on Sh*t Your Teenagers Won’t Tell You, we are giving you a behind-the-scenes look into our Summer College Essay Intensive. Tuning in, you’ll hear all about why the stakes are high for this assignment, why we have decided to do a workshop to support students with their essays, what the workshop entails, and so much more! We delve into why we get students to look at case studies before breaking down the different ways Meredith and Cathy approach college essays and how they make such a great team. We even touch on the importance of making this essay personal and how we help the students make it unique. Finally, we explain why we make our students revise their essays multiple times until they’re strong personal statements that will help them get into college. To hear all this and find out how to join the workshop, be sure to press play now!  Key Points From This Episode: [0:01:22] Today’s topic: Insight into the Summer College Essay Intensive. [0:03:40] Why we do a workshop for kids to help them with essay writing. [0:06:59] Breaking down the structure of this workshop from days one to four. [0:10:34] How we help the students come up with a topic and why it’s difficult. [0:16:00] Why Meredith and Cathy are the ‘Yin and Yang’ of college essay writing. [0:18:50] The importance of making this statement deeply personal. [0:23:36] Why the strength in essays comes out through repetition. [0:28:23] How to enroll your kids in the workshop.  Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Summer College Essay Intensive Email us: [email protected]  Sh*t Your Teenagers Won’t Tell You Sh*t Your Teenagers Won’t Tell You on Instagram