Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Day 7, Session 2, College Bound

Highlights: For our starter today, we wrote about what makes us unique as students and as individuals, in preparation for college admission essays. Then, some of us looked at college essay tips and samples, while those who wished to continued their creative writing. A Penn State admissions officer came and talked to us about the admissions process. The college essay group wrote our own college admission essays.

Camper Spotlight: Claire wrote, in response to an SAT prompt,
"On broader, more historic terms, if people simply accepted who they are and what they have, society would be at a standstill, not just individual lives. There would be no thinkers, philosophers, inventors, and scientists. Everyone would be content to play jacks and marbles as children, read under the light of a candle, and succumb to diseases like smallpox. The books would still say that the universe is geocentric, and the earth is flat. It is only due to the desire for better lives that human beings went from stone, to metal, to glass, to plastic."

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