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Tuesday, June 9, 2020

How Often Do You Take Ideas When Writing An Essay

How Often Do You Take Ideas When Writing An Essay?While browsing through some of the most frequently asked questions on Reddit, I noticed one about 'how often do you take ideas when writing an essay?' This question seems to appear all over the place. I'm not going to pretend to have the perfect answer to this question, but I will share a few thoughts and observations.When I was in college, we used to study area. The areas were either wide open or too small for our needs. In order to maximize the amount of time we spent in an area, I would pick a corner and sit there until it was time to move on. I didn't have many friends around so I don't know how often that happened, but it made for a nice little story at parties. I always found it funny that, when asked, people said I didn't take ideas while studying.You can take ideas when studying, but it's very difficult to read at your reading speed if you're not prepared. If you study for a long time without taking notes or writing down ideas , it's likely that you'll forget what you studied earlier on. Of course, you might be a fast thinker, but you still won't remember everything you read.Instead of writing down your notes, take pictures, videos, or listen to a lecture. These are especially helpful for figuring out how ideas are used in a particular assignment. You can watch people reading in the classroom or see videos of them on YouTube.Ideally, you should take notes and write down ideas as often as possible. If you need to take notes during class, do so. You should also remember to take notes during homework, tests, or presentations.My girlfriend recently asked me how often do you take ideas when writing an essay. She's an English major. The truth is, when she studies, I help her learn the basics. She does write with a little more speed than me, but she gets the ideas from watching videos, reading books, listening to lectures, and generally looking around the room.There's nothing wrong with taking notes and writing down ideas. A lot of people are afraid to write down ideas because they think it will slow them down. Not the case. Remember that you can take ideas from everywhere - from the book, from TV, from magazines, from people, and even from pictures.Whatever happens, take notes and write down ideas. Then you'll have a head start on writing an essay. When you take notes regularly, you'll find that you're much better able to recall the details of a text when asked to do so.

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

A Note on Letters of Enthusiasm

A Note on Letters of Enthusiasm January 19 This picture of Yales Woolsey Hall is from a long time ago. Dont wait too long to write your Letter of Enthusiasm! We sometimes get emails from parents who come to us not only after their child was deferred admission to their Early Decision or Early Action college but around now, after theyve already sent out all of their Regular Decision applications. Theyre  inquiring about the Letter of Enthusiasm because theyve read about the importance of the Letter of Enthusiasm  on our college admissions blog. But in some instances, we receive emails from parents after their child has already submitted his or her Letter of Enthusiasm. They tell us that they already submitted the letter but they want us to review it to ensure them that its great. Yes, you read that correctly. So they want us to read their awful letters and tell them theyre great. Well, if youre a regular reader of our college admissions blog, you know that we hold nothing back. We are unapologetic. And we are honest. Its a big part of why were good at what we do. But we feel badly when they email us after the patient is already dead on arrival to see if hes in great shape. Hes not in great shape. Hes dead. But it does this parent no good to hear this. And so we write back something along the lines of, No need to worry. Its out of your hands. We arent sure what to write in these cases. We dont want them to lose sleep over the fact that they could have done more. They didnt put their best foot forward, even though they sure think they did. So if you ever get an email from us in which we say something along the lines of No need to worry, know that youve put yourself in a bit of a pickle. You came to us too late. Dont come to us so late. Come to us when the patient is still alive and kicking. Kick, kick, kick. Just like a swim coach would tell you in a freestyle sprint.