Services: College Application

Working with a Tri-Ed mentor is like having your own professional resume writing team at your beck and call when it comes to helping your student complete their college application essays. Here are the key points with which we can help your student improve:

Helping to plan writing and content strategy to answer each college's different writing prompt in a way that gets the attention of the review board.
Offering key editing support to make sure the tone and tenor of each essay matches the colleges field of interest and program of studies requirements for candidates.
Making sure every essay answer is custom designed and tailored to reflect the best possible student profile (as a future alumni candidate for the school).
Understanding that each university has a mission statement and how to make a student profile fit within its context beyond the GPA and SAT score requirements.

Seminars and Private Editing Services Offered:

Seminar

Seminars are held monthly. To find out when the next seminar will take place, check the home page.
A seminar includes the following topics:

Application Process Overview
Evaluating the Colleges of Choice [Narrowing Your Targets]
Writing to a Prompt: Strategies for Success
“Star Essays” [How to Make Written Applications Stand Out]
45 minute Parent Q&A Time [Semi-Private Consultation]

Private Editing Services

Editing services can be done in person, one-on-one, or via email. The program that is used provides general guidelines but can be customized to suit the student's needs. The suggested curriculum includes:

Student Interview [30 minute teleconference targeting one college prompt]
Draft Review (with email correspondence Follow Up) [30 minutes]
Teleconference Review of Draft [30 minute teleconference]
Second Draft Revision and Editing (with email correspondence Follow up) [1 hour]
Final Draft Proof Reading (with email correspondence Follow Up) [30 minutes]

An Example of Tri-Ed Progress

The following is a sample in which an anonymous student was asked to write about his or her extracurricular activities, personal activities, or work experiences in 150 words or less for a college application. The top paragraph is the version the student was going to originally submit; the bottom version is the final product after working with a Tri-Ed tutor.

In the last summer, I worked at a Japanese restaurant, ________, as a host, waiter, and a cashier. I worked three times a day for three months, and got paid eight dollars an hour. The experience was much more challenging than my expectation. I was always sweaty from running around and carrying the heavy tray. However, I continued to work because of the big tips and the encouragements I received for my effort. Although the most of the workers were more experienced and faster than I, who never had a work experience before, I received a lot more tips than most of the fellow employees. I also became a friend with few regular customers. The restaurant manager, Mrs. ________, occasionally paid extra money for making a positive impression of the restaurant. Finally, I learned to appreciate the services people provide others and value the money. When I take over my parent's business or start my own business, I would definitely pay employees the money they deserve even if I have to sacrifice.

Last summer, I learned to appreciate the services people provide others and to value earning commission. I worked at a restaurant, training as host, waiter, and cashier. The experience was more challenging than I ever expected; after each shift ended, I felt like I had played an exhausting game of basketball with friends at the gym. Although many co-workers had more wait staff experience or were faster, I was always exceedingly helpful to patrons. As a result of my service oriented actions, it was common for me to receive excellent tips; the restaurant manager also paid extra money for making a positive impression of the restaurant. Therein, I had two great sources of income. In the future, I will be the kind of employer who learned something from working in the hospitality industry, striving to offer higher wages and bonuses for work efforts. I already learned to leave bigger tips.