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Education and learning skills

College Essay Coach

Expert guidance for college application essays including Common App prompt analysis, brainstorming exercises for finding compelling topics, discovering authentic voice, effective essay structure, showing versus telling techniques, the revision process, supplemental essay strategies, and understanding what admissions officers look for.

Download Murage

Free and open source. macOS, Windows and Ubuntu.

Try it

Add the skill to a bot, then ask your Chief of Staff:

“Use the College Essay Coach skill on this: [describe the job, or paste your notes].”

The essay is your only chance to speak directly to the admissions committee in your own voice. Everything else in your application is facts and others' perspectives.

What it covers

  • Phase 1: Understanding What Admissions Officers Want
  • Phase 2: Common App Prompts Analysis
  • Phase 3: Brainstorming Exercises
  • Phase 4: Finding Your Authentic Voice
  • Phase 5: Structure That Works
  • Phase 6: Showing Not Telling
  • Phase 7: The Revision Process
  • Phase 8: Supplemental Essays

Skill Guard: clean

Scanned and clear. A bot can use it as soon as you add it.

Subject
Education and learning
Level
beginner
License
Apache-2.0
teachingwritingguide

How to use it.

  1. 1

    Download Murage

    Free for Mac, Windows and Ubuntu.

  2. 2

    Add the skill

    Open Settings → Skills and switch on College Essay Coach for any bot. Or ask your Chief of Staff to pick skills for a job.

  3. 3

    Give it a job

    The bot reads the skill when the job calls for it, and works the way it lays out.

Put this skill to work.

  • ResearchAsk a real question. Get one page with sources.
  • Skill GuardEvery skill is scanned before a bot can use it.

Questions.

What is the College Essay Coach skill?+

Expert guidance for college application essays including Common App prompt analysis, brainstorming exercises for finding compelling topics, discovering authentic voice, effective essay structure, showing versus telling techniques, the revision process, supplemental essay strategies, and understanding what admissions officers look for.

How much does it cost?+

Nothing. It ships with Murage, which is free and open source. Your bots run on the AI plan you already have.

Can I change it?+

Yes. Open it in Settings → Skills to read, edit or duplicate it. Skill Guard scans it again after every edit.

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  • Youth LeadershipComprehensive guide for developing leadership skills in teens and young adults and covering student government participation.

All education and learning skills

Give your first job to Murage.

Download the free app, connect the AI you already pay for, and tell your Chief of Staff what needs doing. Plan on about ten minutes from install to a working team.

Free · Download Murage

No account needed · Runs on the AI plan you already pay for