Pitch Perfect: How to Write a Successful College Admission Essay - Paperback

by Jennifer Rapp Peterson (Illustrator), Molly Moynahan (Author)

Pitch Perfect: How to Write a Successful College Admission Essay is a complete guide to writing a powerful personal statement for college admission. Pitch Perfect cuts through the fluff and compresses an entire writing class between its covers. The writing exercises, grammar shortcuts and essay prompts included in this book will give students the tools they need to write their best college essays. Moynahan writes with humor and heart. Students will find this guide both accessible and invaluable.

Author Biography

Molly Moynahan has been writing and teaching for more than twenty years and is an authority on writing successful personal statements. She has taught thousands of high school and college students how to write well. As an English educator, Moynahan has worked at Rutgers, SMU, Loyola, and Columbia and at Evanston Township High School and New Trier High School. Moynahan is a published novelist, an award-winning playwright, a scriptwriter, a columnist and a blogger. Moynahan is the author of three novels: Parting is All We Know of Heaven, Living in Arcadia and Stone Garden. Stone Garden was a New York Times Notable Book, an American Library Association best teen read and a BOOKSENSE 76 choice. Moynahan has been a recipient of fellowships from the Djerassi Foundation, the Helena Wurlizer Foundation and has presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Convention. More information can be found on pitchperfectwriting.com and mollymoynahan.com.