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College Admissions Essay Individualized Tutorial Support

WCWP-90002

Work one-on-one with a college application essay expert to write effective essays for college and university writing prompts and research specific colleges, universities and programs for supplemental essays.

 

Students will be exposed to the skills necessary for personal essay writing, and they will use those skills to draft, edit and complete essays for the UC Personal Insight questions, and based on student interest and need, the Common Application essay prompts. In addition, students will learn the research and writing skills necessary to complete supplementary essay questions for specific colleges, universities, and programs. Students can use these skills to write admissions essays for colleges and universities that do not use the Personal Insight Questions or Common Application prompts. Instruction will focus on college admissions essay writing as a process that includes reading the essay questions carefully, drafting and editing drafts of essays tailored to the essay questions, learning to self-edit final drafts for common grammar and usage issues, and acquiring skills necessary to perform research on college and university websites for supplementary questions.

What You Will Learn

 
  • Learn the skills necessary to analyze and break down essay prompts before writing.
  • Implement pre-writing strategies such as brainstorming and outlining.
  • Apply the skills of personal essay writing to draft and assess their own essays for effectiveness and relevance to essay prompts.
  • Use research skills necessary to write supplementary essays for specific programs, colleges, and universities.
  • Edit final drafts for basic grammar and usage issues, including syntax (verb tense and comma splices) and diction (varying word choice).

Testimonials

 

Dr. Gudas's recent college essay students have been accepted to these colleges and universities: Stanford, Brown, Columbia, NYU, Yale, UCLA, Cornell, USC, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, UVA, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, Washington University in St. Louis, Georgia Tech, UIUC, University of Washington, and many other schools.

  • Taking this course helped me a lot with not only writing my essays but
    brainstorming and choosing the best of my experiences to include. I was
    able to better understand how to write according to what colleges want
    because I had guidelines to follow. I also was unsure how to refine and
    choose the most important parts to keep, so it was very helpful for me to
    keep my essays concise but still meaningful. Overall, it was a really good
    learning experience and definitely improved my essays by a lot. -Kenna O.
  • I liked the honest feedback to make my essays sound more authentic but
    polished at the same time. -Riya M(attending John Hopkins).
  • This course was incredibly useful for me personally to take the rough
    college essay drafts that I had created to a new level. I got to brainstorm
    and write with a college professor who showed me how to turn a personal
    anecdote into a well crafted story that hooks admission counselors. I would
    absolutely recommend this course whether you have nearly finished
    essays or haven't yet started. -Drew S(attending UC Berkley).
Click here to see an introduction video from instructor, Eric Gudas.


How to Write an Essay: Podcast

 
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ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

  • Students enrolled in this course will recieve 4 hours of one on one individual tutorial support with the instructor. Cost of 4 hours is $450.
  • Once enrolled, students will schedule sessions with the instructor. Sessions will be held via Zoom.
  • Sessions must be completed before the end date of the course. Student can enroll at any time after the start date.

 

Course Information

Online
0.00 units
$450.00

Course sessions

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Section ID:

191506

Class type:

Online Asynchronous.

This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

Textbooks:

All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.

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Students will meet one on one with instructor via Zoom. Students schedule the individual sessions after enrolling into the course, based on their availability. This course is four hours worth of one on one time with the instructor.

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Instructor: Eric Gudas

Eric Gudas
Eric Gudas has been helping students succeed at their college admissions essays for more than ten years. He received a Ph.D. in English from UCLA, and he has taught first-year writing, American literature, and creative writing at UCLA, UC Davis, Occidental College, and Cal State Los Angeles. He is author of a book of poetry, and his own essays have appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Raritan, Senses of Cinema, Reading in Translation, and other publications.
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Section ID:

191507

Class type:

Online Asynchronous.

This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

Textbooks:

All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.

Policies:

Schedule:

No information available at this time.
Add To Cart

Instructor: Eric Gudas

Eric Gudas
Eric Gudas has been helping students succeed at their college admissions essays for more than ten years. He received a Ph.D. in English from UCLA, and he has taught first-year writing, American literature, and creative writing at UCLA, UC Davis, Occidental College, and Cal State Los Angeles. He is author of a book of poetry, and his own essays have appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Raritan, Senses of Cinema, Reading in Translation, and other publications.
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