The Better College Essay:
FROM START TO FINISH
By Dr. Elizabeth Stone & Meredith joelle charlson
(foreword by Jonathan B. Williams, Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Admissions, New York University)
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The Better College Essay: From Start to Finish by Elizabeth A. Stone PhD and Meredith Joelle Charlson (2021: City Limits Publishing). Foreword by Jonathan B. Williams, Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Admissions at New York University.
Written by Elizabeth A. Stone, Ph.D., Executive Director of Campanile, and Meredith Joelle Charlson, Campanile’s Director of Writing, The Better College Essay: From Start to Finish. Stone and Charlson combine their college admissions counseling and writing expertise to guide others through the college admissions essay process from start to finish. Walking readers through their strategies, student writing samples, and hands-on curriculum, Stone and Charlson provide a guide for parents, teachers, and counselors to support a wide range of students. College admissions essays are daunting and intimidating, yet this guide will empower and enable mentors to teach their students how to become clearer, more descriptive, and more authentic writers, ultimately. helping the students generate much better college essays.
Dr. Stone’s 2014 book, available on Amazon. com (Wintergreen Orchard House Publishing)
Reviews for The Better College Essay
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”Stone and Charlson’s The Better College Essay: From Start to Finish provides the most helpful approach for working with students on their narratives that I have experienced to date. Their developmental model provides an especially useful framework for assessing and supporting students. “”
“This book is creatively constructed and invaluable, as it takes the terrifying and anxiety-provoking essay and explains its point, the types, and the mission and guides the process. I’ll use its lessons in my own writing.”
“This book belongs in the library of every professional whose role is to help young people successfully navigate the increasingly daunting waters of college admission.”
“Stone has done a remarkable job of revealing what a highly experienced and skilled counselor does to subtly and professionally help students truly engage with this very important part of the application process. Her original intellectual formulations of the application writing process are refreshing and insightful. This is not just the same standard advice that is easily found on bookshelves or online about writing college essays. It is thoughtful and original and should have a place on every college counselor’s bookshelf.”
“Elizabeth Stone has written an easy-to-follow book for college counselors to use to not only guide, but to push students beyond their comfort zones when writing.”
“The Better College Essay is a resource that will prove invaluable for anyone wanting to help teenagers present themselves authentically and distinctively.”