Free Professional Resources
The 7 Secrets for a Great College Essay Workshop
60-Minute Webinar
This is an hour-long version of 7 Secrets for a Great College Essay, led by Barak Rosenbloom (our founder and Chief Essay Mentor) hosted by our friends at Marco Learning..
In a live group, the fully interactive workshop is 60–90 minutes (including Q&A). It can be trimmed or expanded to fit your schedule. It can
Presentation Slides
These are the slides we use on webinars or when leading to a very large group. We usually run in-person workshops as conversations with the students (parents are welcome!) without the slides.
EssayQuest, our complete online program for students, starts with the self-directed version of this workshop. There, we call in College Essays 101 and 102. That’s also the script for our live workshops! (We like to make life easy.)
You can go through College Essays 101 here. That covers secrets 1–3 in the workshop. Click Next step at the bottom of each page.
Request to Use
For over a decade, students, parents, teachers, and college counselors have been telling us this is the best college essay workshop they’ve ever seen. We want to make a difference for as many students as possible, and that’s why we’re sharing it with you with no cost.
If you’re interested in offering 7 Secrets through your organization or private practice, please fill out the short request form and we’ll get back to you right away. We’ll have a few other resources to share to help you lead the session easily.
This is a standalone workshop; you do not need to use any of our other material for it to be effective!
If you have questions, please email Barak Rosenbloom.
How to Read Any College Essay Like a Pro
We share this guide at our workshops—and with anyone interested in college essays.
Most people can’t tell a good college essay from a terrible one. This one-page guide makes it easy for anyone to understand why an essay works, or doesn’t. We go through the same series of questions with our personal mentoring students every time we meet with them.
This is a powerful tool for students, parents, counselors, and teachers and example of the kind of resources we include with EssayQuest.
