APPLICATION ESSAY BOOTCAMP – $500
Dr. Deegan and College App ASAP now offer half-day Application Essay Bootcamps live online. These comprehensive events feature all of Dr. Deegan’s valuable college application essay advising and techniques in a concentrated format.
Designed to get applicants to the finish line in one highly focused half-day, the Application Essay Bootcamps offer:
• Four hours of personal guidance and discussion;
• A minimum of two complete reviews and edits to application essay;
• Small group work (with all sessions limited to no more than 10 participants);
• Specifically instructed and individualized maps to complete application and essay tasks; and
• Personal access to and private consultation with Dr. Deegan throughout the Application Essay Bootcamp.
Dr. Deegan personally leads and designs all Application Essay Bootcamps and conducts follow-up sessions for all participants.
Held from August to December, during weekend morning and afternoon sessions, the online Application Essay Bootcamp is designed to help applicants produce their best work. Online Application Essay Bootcamps run for four hours, from either 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (PST) or 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (PST), on both Saturdays and Sundays. New for 2018, Dr. Deegan will be adding select weekday evening and holiday dates to accommodate students who are not available on weekends (these will be added when regular dates fill up).
The $500 cost represents a significant discount of Dr. Deegan’s regular hourly fee of $150 per hour for consulting, and includes the half-day session (4 hours) as well as a follow-up review of each student’s edited essay.
The College App ASAP Application Essay Bootcamp half-day experience looks like this:
• Pre-Camp Work: All participants receive a personal survey to complete and submit to Dr. Deegan via email before they attend the Application Essay Bootcamp.
• All participants will receive a library of advisory materials that Dr. Deegan has developed and perfected to guide applicants through the process. Application Essay Bootcamp participants should review these materials carefully and bring whatever preliminary work they’ve completed (schools list, possible majors, essay outlines or drafts) to their session.
• Application Essay Draft Guide: All participants receive a College App ASAP Application Essay Draft Guide to help them compose the first draft of their essay. If participants already have a draft of their essay, they are encouraged to use Dr. Deegan’s guide to improve their draft by attending the Application Essay Bootcamp.
• Discussions during the half-day session include a review of participants’ status in the process, overview of the application process and requirements, development of a task map to get the most out of their applications, guide to researching schools, and other information. Participants will each have an individual discussion with Dr. Deegan and her team.
• The Application Essay Bootcamp will focus most of the half-day on the application essay. Students who need to complete drafts will receive guidance on how to begin. Those with drafts completed will participate in discussions and receive feedback to revise their drafts.
• The goals for the Application Essay Bootcamp are to develop an application action plan and complete a draft of the application essay. Following the half-day, every participant may submit their drafts for further/final feedback provided personally by Dr. Deegan.
• Dr. Deegan will guide students through multiple drafts of their application essays . In addition, she will provide guidance on scholarship search and applications, financial aid, letters of recommendation and other components of the application process. The goal for the session is to empower everyone to “hit send” on their applications. Dr. Deegan will consult personally with all participants of College App ASAP’s Application Essay Bootcamps, answering questions, reviewing materials or drafts, and providing support and guidance.
All participants are required to have online access and to participate using English.
Late Summer/Fall dates coming soon. Come back to reserve your space in an Application Essay Bootcamp. Dates will run from August through December, 2018, on Saturdays and Sundays, for both morning and afternoon sessions. All Application Essay Bootcamps include follow-up review of essays for all participants.
Please complete a registration form by clicking here to save your place in a College App ASAP Application Essay Bootcamp. You will receive instructions on how to reserve your preferred date. Payment must be received in advance in order to participate in a College App ASAP Application Essay Bootcamp. Please email Dr. Deegan directly at drdeegan@collegeappasap.com to discuss if you have any questions.