Writing Tools for the College Admissions Essay: Write Your Way into the School of Your Dreams

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Roy P Clark

Writing Tools for the College Admissions Essay

Write Your Way into the School of Your Dreams

Roy P Clark

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Little, Brown & Company
08 July 2025

Writing & editing guides; Higher & further education, tertiary education

Most high school students never have received any instruction in how to write a personal essay. Yet at a time when getting admitted to their dream college is more competitive than ever, the admissions essay may turn out to be the single most important thing they will ever write. The stakes are high.

In Writing Tools for the College Essay, veteran journalist and writing coach Roy Peter Clark

shows how any student can showcase their unique achievements, intellect, and attributes to stand

out from the crowd.

Packed with nearly two dozen remarkable essay examples and 100 digestible essay writing tips that students can carry with them throughout their careers, this is the essential guide every high school student, parent, and teacher needs.

Readers will learn:

? How to select your writing prompt

? The key elements of a compelling story

? How to master the art of the riveting detail

? What it means to write with an authentic voice

? How to ""grab readers by the throat""

? The power of reading one's work aloud

? The rules of honest writing (including whether to use AI tools)

? Tips for revising (and re-revising) your masterpiece

?

and much more

By: Roy P Clark
Imprint: Little, Brown & Company
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 17mm
ISBN: 9780316567671
ISBN 10: 0316567671
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 08 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Roy Peter Clark is senior scholar at the Poynter Institute, one of the most prestigious schools for journalists in the world. A writer who teaches and a teacher who writes, he has authored or edited twenty books on writing and journalism, including Writing Tools, Murder Your Darlings, and The Art of X-Ray Reading.

Reviews for Writing Tools for the College Admissions Essay: Write Your Way into the School of Your Dreams

Once again Roy Peter Clark shows us that good writing - in this case essay writing - is the trunk of the tree of effective communication. Packaged as advice for would-be college students, Writing Tools for the College Essay should be required reading for students and teachers who have to navigate the classrooms of this nation's higher education institutions.--DeWayne Wickham, Dean Emeritus and Director, Center for New Media & Strategic Initiatives School of Global Journalism & Communication