Writing Style and Essays

3SailAway
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 14:41:07 +0000

My daughters both wrote their essays in what I would call a storytelling style. The essays sounded like a 17 year old was given the floor to tell a story to a teacher, or uncle/aunt. Not a peer, but not very formal or trying to impress either.

One daughter’s common app essay did have a few descriptive phrases that painted a vivid scene, but she is intense and tends to talk like that. Her essay also had a moment of self-deprecating humor, which rang true because she does (eventually) have a wry sense of humor about her mistakes.

The other daughter’s essays were written in very simple language, but they still told stories with details that let you picture the scene. If she had read them out loud, it would have sounded polished but natural. They both got into their ED school, so that makes us think this was the right style for them.

Hope that helps and best wishes!