A common question among rising seniors right now is: Should I write about my COVID-19 experience in my college essay?
Like so many questions during the college admissions process, the most simple answer is, it depends.
In this article from the College Essay Guy, this question is broken down into easy-to-follow steps to help you process your experience.
A few more tips:
When thinking about whether to write about your COVID-19 experience, consider these questions: 1) How did your learning change during shelter-in-place? 2) How did your family change? 3) How did your activities and daily life change? These questions may help you brainstorm. Finally, you can talk about cancelled activities (i.e. things that you planned to do but couldn’t due to COVID-19 in the “Additional Comments” section of your application.
Now that the school year is coming to a close, it's a great time to jump start those college essays. Contact me and let's start brainstorming!