June 24 – 27, 2024
9:00AM – 12:00PM at UCLA
Instructor:
Laurie Kurnick
This four-day workshop welcomes soon-to-be twelfth graders—who are thinking about that personal statement colleges are looking forward to reading. In this workshop, students will try their hand at a variety of application topics, explore the role of style (not just what you say but how you say it), and analyze sample personal statements. They’ll draft, share, revise, edit. By the end of the workshop, students will have several “starts” as well as a revised draft of a personal statement.
Fee: $400
Laurie Kurnick has been a proud UCLA Writing Project fellow since 2009. She taught English at Cleveland high school for 22 years, and at Henry Clay Middle School (7th Grade) for four years.