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[quote=Anonymous]if aiming for T20, and your kid is a junior, start this winter on creating a one paragraph "hook" or applicant narrative that contains the key (5-6 discrete) aspects of their profile that you'd want to highlight. Creating the hook should take a few weeks to hone down, esp if you haven't fully thought about it before. Should be a positive, uplifting hook or narrative.

Then in spring to early summer (by June of junior year), create a sample essay inventory (with starter para/topic sentences for each type of essay (EC, community, identity/diversity, why major, etc.) and do at least 2-3 short summaries for each potential essay). So, your "inventory" will have maybe 20-30 essay ideas...Create a space for personal essay too (maybe 10 ideas there).

Believe me - this comes in SOOO handy, and you will be so prepared to just pick something out - to use for short answers, videos, help with interview prep during senior application season.

This is what all the $$$ private counselors do. I just helped my kid do it 6 months ago and it was enormously helpful this admissions cycle. Kid is in much better place with apps than older sibling.

lots of books and podcasts out there on creating your admissions hook, application profile or whatever you want to call it.[/quote]

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