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College Essay: Strategies for your College Essays Group A

Description
This workshop is designed for current high school Juniors and Seniors and focuses on UC and Common Application Essay prompts and the development of a quality essay/Personal Statement draft. School seniors are given priorities in class enrollments. Interested juniors will be placed on a waiting list and will be contacted for available seats. The instructor will review the academic transcripts, test scores and student resume in conjunction with the students' intended college and major selections. (The students will need to provide the data by the first small group meeting.) The workshop encompasses: 1. One Large Group Orientation Meeting (2 hours) 2. Two small group cohort meetings: (One hour -group pre-write and critique) 3. Two 45-minute meetings in a One-on-One environment with the instructor to review essay and receive feedback. These will be scheduled with the student over the course of the semester to allow for student writing and feed back. Orientation and Small Group meetings will take place at Aragon High School. Room information will be sent via email 5 days before the first class meeting. One-on-One Sessions Each student will sign up for two 45-minute sessions. The instructor will take input from students on availability and schedule sessions on a flexible basis to work with student conflicts. Sessions will be available from 4:00 to 7:00 pm (and by arrangement if needed) Individual session The goal of this workshop is not to produce a final draft of essays. Students will be set on a path of understanding what they need to write about and how to write the essay. They will receive comments and feedback on two essays drafts during the One-on-One sessions. One-on-one sessions will be at the Burlingame Public Library on Primrose. The one-on-one sessions can be used to brainstorm, edit, proofread, etc. all depending on the preparation and needs of the student.
Instructor
Kevin Nelson
Fee
$385.00, Early Registration: $300.00
Maximum Students
20
Registration Dates
GATE Student Preferential Early Registration Period
8/5/2019 through 8/11/2019
All Student Registration Period
8/12/2019 through 9/9/2019
Enrollment Period
8/5/2019 through 9/9/2019
Fee Dates
Discounted Fee Registration Period
8/5/2019 through 8/25/2019
Regular Fee Registration Period
8/26/2019 through 9/9/2019
Class Sessions
TitleDayDateTimeLocationDescription
OrientationTue9/10/20196:00 pm to 8:00 pmAragon High SchoolOrientation Meeiting
Group A Tue9/17/20196:00 pm to 7:00 pmAragon High SchoolPre Write Group Meeting
Group ATue9/24/20196:00 pm to 7:00 pmAragon High SchoolPre Write Group Meeting