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Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Steps is helpful for students who are ready to head off to college.

i am not really sure how to review this since it is exactly what the title says!
i am not sure if it really helps a huge amount but it gives a lot of good advice and tips but it reads very boring and dry and makes it super hard to actually want to pick it up and read through it.

Well, I got into college didn't I?

I thought this was pretty useful, pretty boring, but what else can you expect it. Definitely helped though.

Thanks to NetGalley and Ten Speed Press for the opportunity to read and review Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Easy Steps, Third Edition: Crafting a Winning Personal Statement by Alan Gelb. Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Easy Steps by Alan Gelb. The ten steps are listed in the table of contents as understanding the narrative, finding your topic, point of view, getting it down, "big picture " editing, second draft, self-editing, third draft, pulling it together and finishing up. Examples of real student essays can be found in the appendix, as well as help for parents, teachers and students. Essential information needed to write your essay is included and this book gets down to business. Recap at the end of each chapter summarizes and reviews the needed information. This very helpful book, worth 5 stars, will be beneficial to anyone having to write a personal narrative and not just for college admissions essays. Will be purchasing for school library!

*I received a complimentary copy of this book for voluntary review consideration.