Hello readers! I apologize for the fact that I haven’t written in a VERY long time. Life has just been crazy.
I am needing your help with something though. As you may know I am starting to apply to colleges for Fall of ‘09. Many of the colleges (most are liberal arts schools) I am applying to are asking for a portfolio of written work. Here’s where you come in! I need help figuring out which essays to submit. Over the next few weeks I will be posting many different essays that I have written (some old, some new). I am asking for your feedback, whether that be negative or positive. I need for you to be VERY critical because most of these colleges will be. If you don’t mind doing the following to help me out:
- Subscribing to my blog via RSS Feed or another subscription service like Google Reader. (The purpose of this is that you will be notified every time I post a new essay)
- Read each essay carefully.
- Commenting back with your feedback of the essay as a WHOLE (look for things like: coherence-organization of thoughts; flow; unity-all ideas relate back to the topic; and completeness-making sure the intro, body, and conclusion meets the expectations of the topic).
- Also look for any MINOR details that may need changes like grammatical or punctuation errors.*
* I am not very concerned with the editing part as much as the entirety of the essay itself. Feel free to skip this step. - If your comment leans more towards the negative side, give me suggestions on how to make it better.
- Please rate the ENTIRE essay as a whole on a scale of 1-5 (1-being poor and 5-being excellent–meets all expectations)
I am needing as much feedback from as many people as possible! So PLEASE help me with this! Thank you so much! Get ready for the first essay to arrive tomorrow! Stay tuned…
Somehow I got started following you on twitter – I think through WOF but I just love it! I live here in Nashville and love the way you can serve our Lord so unselfishly and yet still have all the fun that gals your age should have while not compromising your values or standards – I’m impressed! AND I can’t wait to read your essays. God will use you in a big way no matter which college you choose.
Thanks so much Laura! I look forward to hearing your feedback! Sounds like it’ll be encouraging!
Cool! I love your idea!
One thing, will you help me help you? I am not sure about others, but I follow hundreds of people through feed-readers.
Would you add a note at the top of each post reminding me what you are looking for in the comments. You do not have include a full explanation just a quick list like:
1. Essay as a WHOLE (coherence-organization of thoughts; flow; unity; completeness)
2. MINOR details (grammatical; punctuation)
3. Suggestions to make it better.
4. Rate the ENTIRE essay as a whole (1-poor to 5-excellent)