​College Essay Advice from the Class of 2021

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Writing in the Disciplines Guides

The Arts
Artist Statements
Speech Writing

English
Literary Analysis
Poetry
Poetry Analysis
Short Stories
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History
FRQs
Historical Research
History Essay

Mathematics
Statistics

Science
Conducting Scientific Research
Lab Reports

Other
Chicago Style Citations
​College Essay
Creating Effective Slideshow Presentations
News Articles

Writing Process Resources

Pre-Writing
The Most Dangerous Writing App
Sticky Notes
Clustering
Written Kitten
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Drafting
Flash drafting
Collaborative Drafting

Revising
Cut & Rearrange
Reverse Outlining
Read Aloud
Revision vs. Editing

Editing
Revising vs. Editing
Sentence Combining

Reflection
Metacognition
Self- Reflections Questions

General Resources

AWC Workshops
College Essay Brainstorm

General Information about Writing
Purdue OWL
​Resource Portal (UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center)

Thesis Statements
Thesis Statements (UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center)

Essay Structure and Organization
Outlines (UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center)
Flow and Transitions (University of Texas-Austin)

Quotations
Quotations and Paraphrasing (Writing Center at University of Wisconsin)

Citations
EasyBib
Citation Management (Cornell)

Grammar/Punctuation
Guide to Grammar (CCC Foundation)
Punctuation (IUP Writing Center)