Course Curriculum

    1. Welcome to the Essay Academy!

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    2. Pick your Program Pathway

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    1. Introduction to College Essays

    2. Key Terms Glossary

    1. Introduction to College Admissions

    2. Your Application Audience — Admissions Officers

    3. How Applications are Evaluated

    4. Key Takeaways

    5. Feedback: User survey

    1. Overview

    1. Introduction to Archetypes

    2. The 9 Archetypes

    3. RESOURCE: All Archetypes

    1. Finding Your Archetypes

    2. Picking Your Archetypes Worksheet Breakdown

    3. WORKSHEET: Pick Your Archetypes

    4. The Archetype Resume

    5. WORKSHEET: Archetype Resume

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FAQ

  • What's included in the Essay Academy?

    The Essay Academy is a digital course designed to get you through the college essay gauntlet. It includes 15+ hours of cinematic video content, 40+ example essays from real applications, and 30+ pages of workbooks and resources to help you through the process. It's also based around 35k+ words of written curriculum never before published by our team. The course is divided into five sections: strategy, the Common App Personal Essay, Supplemental Essays, UC Essays, and revision and writing. There's something here for everyone. The Essay Academy is the one stop you need to craft some spectacular essays.

  • What example essays do you have?

    We've built an epic bank of 40+ example essays covering every major essay genre. Our essay examples are drawn from real applications and extensively discussed by Alex McNeil in detailed video walkthroughs.

  • Do I have to complete the whole course to get value?

    Nope. You can go at your own pace and watch whatever content is most compelling to you. There are several "universal" sections that you should complete—these are where we share our strategic framework. But otherwise, you can dip into the Common App section, then pop over to learn about Why Us supplementals, then graze through our sections on drafting and revising. It's all up to you. We provide a variety of "pathways"—program syllabuses (including one for procrastinators!) that you can use to help steer a custom course through the Essay Academy.