College essay groups looked at a selection of five student essays from accepted students at John Hopkins University. While looking at these essays, everyone was asked to consider the following for each essay (and then discuss their observations with their small group):
What is it that makes these essays effective and engaging?
I met with the resume group and we went through someone's resume that had been submitted for a grade and made improvements. Our main areas of focus were on making sure each experience had two to four bullet points beneath it and that these points were lead off with a strong action word.
When all groups were done, the college essay group reviewed their observations with the full class and we recapped the main points of our resume discussion. The notes from these discussions are included below.
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Red, green, and blue text is resume analysis.
(The students' name and personally identifying information has been blacked out)
Black text to the right recaps the college essay groups' observations.
Everyone then met in groups of three to discuss the interviews they conducted over the weekend in looking for possible project ideas. Groups combined their lists without eliminating any ideas. These lists were then written on the sideboard for everyone to review.
We will continue working with this list tomorrow.
Homework:
Revise your college essay or resume taking into account the points we mentioned today.
(Strong action words can be found on page 6 of the Hamilton Resume Guide)
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