How to Create Impactful Essays Before Senior Year Stress
August 28th - 5pm ET
Hoping to get a head start on college essays? Whether you're a student looking to ease the pressure or a parent helping your teen prepare, this webinar offers expert advice to help you craft meaningful, memorable essays—before senior year stress sets in.
What to Expect
Join our webinar to learn how to craft compelling college essays now, so you're not scrambling during senior year. We’ll walk you through choosing the right topics, writing with authenticity, and avoiding the mistakes that hold students back. You'll gain a clear understanding of what admissions officers want to see—and how to bring your story to life in personal statements and supplements. Plus, stick around for a live Q&A to get expert feedback and guidance.
Write Strong Essays—Before the Deadlines Hit
Expertise, guidance, discovery
& success
Expertise
Learn from seasoned admissions experts who know exactly what makes a college essay impactful, memorable, and effective.
Guidance
Get step-by-step strategies on how to choose strong topics, write with authenticity, and avoid the most common essay mistakes.
Explore how to reflect on your experiences, values, and goals to shape essays that resonate with admissions officers.
Discovery
Walk away with a strong head start on your personal statement and supplemental essays—long before senior year stress begins.
Success
about our speaker
Ford brings over 5 years of experience in admissions at Johns Hopkins University, where he supported 1,200+ applicants annually from the Pacific Northwest and Canada. As a committee member and Assistant Director, he led scholarship selection, revamped the reading process, and launched a Humanities Overnight Program.He holds a BA in Theater from the University of Mary Washington and has helped students gain admission to top schools including NYU, Duke, JHU, Georgetown, and the UCs—specializing in STEM and CS applicants.
Meet Ford
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What You Will Learn
How to Choose the Right Essay Topics
Discover how to identify meaningful stories and experiences that reflect who you are and what matters to you.
Learn what makes a college essay stand out and how to match your writing with what top schools value.
Get expert tips on how to express your voice clearly, avoid clichés, and create essays that leave a lasting impression.
Find out the most frequent mistakes students make—and how to avoid them before you even begin.
Learn how starting early can give you more time to revise, reduce stress, and submit your strongest work.
Where you can ask Denard all your questions!
What Does Empowerly Offer?
OUR FEATURES
Empowerly Score®
Our proprietary calculator is backed by data from thousands of Empowerly student experiences to construct a highly accurate applicant profile for you, giving you a competitive advantage. Identify areas of improvement and strengths to highlight for an in-depth look at your current college application readiness.
1:1 college counseling
Based on your goals and preferences, you’ll be matched with one of our top-rated counselors who is dedicated to ensuring your academic standing and extracurriculars align with your long-term passions and goals. And when it’s time to officially start applying, your counselor will be there for comprehensive 1:1 support through every essay, application review, interview, and more to ensure you’re on track to reach your goals.
Advice & planning
Whether your college prep journey begins in middle school or senior year of high school, Empowerly’s holistic approach ensures you’re right where you need to be. From interest discovery to summer programming, to AP course selection, our research team and robust community of resources and expert advice are ready when you need them.
Essay editing
On average, students write at least 20 essays when applying to colleges, including common app essays, supplemental essays, and those for scholarships or special programs. Our experienced essay editors can review your essays within 24 hours, ensuring each one highlights your strengths and unique story.
Admissions Committee Review (AdCom)
With Empowerly, you can submit your completed application to our review committee before actually applying. Our committee members consist of former admissions officers with direct experience at top schools who know the dos and don’ts for the schools you want to get into. You’ll receive detailed, constructive feedback that gives you enough time to perfect your application before you hit submit.
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In addition to our standard features, we offer specialized programs unique to your interests and specific needs:
GOALS academic support
Our GOALS program empowers neurodivergent students with skills for success at top schools and beyond.
Our test prep program helps students achieve top results, with expert tutors guiding them to success.
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Our AI Scholar program helps students create impactful projects using AI and machine learning.
Our Research Scholar Program pairs students with PhD mentors on impactful independent research projects.
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Popular and highly competitive non-Ivy institutions include Stanford University, MIT, Duke University, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University,
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