While college admission essays can range from sob-stories about a negative experience in one’s life to telling of one’s greatest accomplishment, they are all geared toward the same audience in sharing an overarching purpose. The goal of such essays is Continue reading →

The college admissions process is a long and daunting obstacle faced by many students throughout the world looking to extend their education. Due to the extensive measures of the college admissions process, the system could be considered a genre within Continue reading →

As Dirk mentions, genres are not just categories to put novels under, but rather headings fo every type of writing we encounter or create. The college admissions process requires essays to be submitted. Even if these essay questions are broad, Continue reading →

The college admissions essay can easily be seen as a “genre” according to Kerry Dirk’s Navigating Genres. As prospective students develop and refine their college essays, they must write accordingly: acknowledging their reader–the board of admissions–and writing in a way Continue reading →

College applications have a unique genre. The applications include one large essay that will be sent to all the universities that one is applying to and maybe some supplemental essays if applicable. This big essay is written with the intent Continue reading →

College essays vary widely on the topics discussed but are all written with the intent of that student trying their best to appeal to the university of their picking. In Kerry Dirk’s essay about genres she explains the term rhetorical Continue reading →