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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thankfully DD let us read her first draft, which she worked quite hard on, but it just wasn’t ok. It had all of the ‘don’t write about it’ topics, rolled into one essay- death of a family member, the big sports win after a roadblock and mental health struggles. We told her to scrap it and start over. Thankfully she agreed and did finally get a really nice essay written. Now she’s working her way through the supplemental essays. She’s our second kid, and for parents who will go through this process in the future: build in enough time for the first CA essay to be completely re-written if needed, realize that it takes a LONG time to edit anything, even those 50 word short answer questions, and don’t write your favorite/ED supp essays first- do a couple of other ones to warm up and then you’ll see your kid’s writing start to get better and more cohesive before they tackle the highest stakes essays. I’ve been surprised at the variation in my DD’s writing, sometimes it’s just beautiful and sometimes it’s what she calls “hot garbage”, depends on her mood while she’s writing (and if she’s hangry, tired, etc...lol)[/quote]

This is good advice [/quote]

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