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 \n● How to Write the Additional Info Section  \n● The BEABIES Exercise  \n● Questions to Up-Level Your BEABIES Columns  \n● The “Why us” Essay Chart  \nNote: You’ll find (10) Great “Why us” Essays in the accompanying College Essay Guy’s Complete Guide to the “Why us” Essay PDF  \n● The Elon Musk Exercise  \n● The “What Communities Are You a Part Of?” Exercise  \nGREAT SAMPLE ESSAYS  \n● (3) Extracurricular Essays  \n● (2) Community Service Essays  \n● (3) Community Essays  \n● (8) 150-Word Extracurricular Essays  \n● (2) Create-Your-Own-Class Essays  \n● (2) Quotation Essays  \n● (2) Stanford “Exciting Idea or Experience” Essays  \n● (2) Stanford Roommate Essays  \n● (2) Stanford “Something that is meaningful to you\" Essays  \n● (2) Sets of short answers  \n● (1)“Where Have You Lived” Essay  \n● (2) Diversity Essays  \n● (3) Why Major Essays  \n● (4) U of Chicago Extended Essays  \n[www.collegeessayguy.com - 2 - help@collegeessayguy.com](www.collegeessayguy.com - 2 - help@collegeessayguy.com)  \nEssay Brainstorming Exercises  \nWelcome! This document contains five brainstorming exercises that will serve as the basis for your work on the course and one assignment that involves developing your preliminary college list. Please take your time completing these before the course begins, as the quality of your work on these exercises will help shape your application. In short, think of this not as “pre-work” but the actual work of writing your application. You can complete all the work directly on this document. Feel free to complete the exercises on pen and paper first and record your results here after.  \nFind a quiet place where you won’t be interrupted, put on some music, and have fun!  \nReady? Let’s begin.  \nThe Essence Objects Exercise Instructions: Click here to start the Objects Exercise. Record your results below.  \n[www.collegeessayguy.com - 3 - help@collegeessayguy.com](www.collegeessayguy.com - 3 - help@collegeessayguy.com)  \nThe Values Exercise  \nInstructions: Highlight and bold your top 10 values from the list below. Of those 10, underline your top 5. Finally, italicize your top 3. 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