Voices of Their Own: Students' Biographies and the College Application.

Ferguson, Francis J.

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ERIC Number: EJ423161

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Publication Date: 1991

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Voices of Their Own: Students' Biographies and the College Application.

Ferguson, Francis J.

College Board Review, n158 p18-21,32 Win 1990-91

Among high school seniors, some of the best and brightest are reticent to write about themselves. One high school counselor designed small group guidance sessions in which students learned collaboratively to write effective and useful peer reports and personal statements. (MSE)

Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Autobiographies, College Applicants, College Bound Students, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence), Peer Evaluation, Portfolios (Background Materials), Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Writing Exercises

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Language: English

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