They were the same from 26' to 27'.We have the essay prints from class ‘27. … Are they the same from year to year, or will they change for ‘28 application?
Great to know. Thanks!They were the same from 26' to 27'.
Wow! What a great plan of attack! Love it. Thanks!!If there is one thing I wish I could have helped DD organize better, it would be all the essays.
At a minimum, you'll probably be asked Why military/this SA? About a time you failed/hardship, Diversity question, and the Anything You Want essay. The key is keeping these organized and then the nuances of word/character count. For example, I recall the USCGA and other SAs had similar prompts, but the catch was one was 250 words/characters and the others were 500/3000 or similar.
My advice; when you see all the essays - 5 SAs, ROTCs, civilian colleges, nomination sources - use index cards and put the prompt in it's entirety in the middle, then in the 4 corners write the SA/college/nom source, word/character count/due date, Essay # out of x (ie, if 3 essays inclusive of optional, this one is #1/3 etc) and on the back are notes on when/who/how you moved through it....like first draft, second draft, review by GC/English teacher, and then FINAL. Then you can put them in columns and see how many times you have to rehash the same essay, tweaking for word/character count.
Advice for parents: If you post/lurk, you're a helo just like me, so own it. Set up your own parent account on the common app now and work through the fill-in-the-blanks. When your child opens their own portal, they can blast through the nonsense bits, like your colleges/grad schools and move quickly to the meat - Honors, Activities, essays, and short answers. Key: anything that requires stringing together a sentence or phrase and essays leave for your DD/DS. But once they know what's coming, for my DD it made it easy to know how many characters and yr vs. year vs yr. are tedious and to get those tweet length descriptions down early.
This sounds like it would be helpful for my DS. Would you mind sharing a "template" of how you did it? I'm more visual, so I'm trying to picture.If there is one thing I wish I could have helped DD organize better, it would be all the essays.
At a minimum, you'll probably be asked Why military/this SA? About a time you failed/hardship, Diversity question, and the Anything You Want essay. The key is keeping these organized and then the nuances of word/character count. For example, I recall the USCGA and other SAs had similar prompts, but the catch was one was 250 words/characters and the others were 500/3000 or similar.
My advice; when you see all the essays - 5 SAs, ROTCs, civilian colleges, nomination sources - use index cards and put the prompt in it's entirety in the middle, then in the 4 corners write the SA/college/nom source, word/character count/due date, Essay # out of x (ie, if 3 essays inclusive of optional, this one is #1/3 etc) and on the back are notes on when/who/how you moved through it....like first draft, second draft, review by GC/English teacher, and then FINAL. Then you can put them in columns and see how many times you have to rehash the same essay, tweaking for word/character count.
Advice for parents: If you post/lurk, you're a helo just like me, so own it. Set up your own parent account on the common app now and work through the fill-in-the-blanks. When your child opens their own portal, they can blast through the nonsense bits, like your colleges/grad schools and move quickly to the meat - Honors, Activities, essays, and short answers. Key: anything that requires stringing together a sentence or phrase and essays leave for your DD/DS. But once they know what's coming, for my DD it made it easy to know how many characters and yr vs. year vs yr. are tedious and to get those tweet length descriptions down early.
@bethf , just try using a few index cards and see how you can organize. My DD has her drafts all over our spare bedroom and it would have been easier to use an index card to represent each essay. She used them for the common app descriptions and coalition, so if I remember correctly, it was 10 and 12 max on the activities section. That was a good way to move them around and "see" what were the most important things, what order, etc.This sounds like it would be helpful for my DS. Would you mind sharing a "template" of how you did it? I'm more visual, so I'm trying to picture.
No such thing as optional.Also, optional prompts or questions on the applications should not be viewed as extra homework