How to Hook Your Reader & Write Better College Essay Openings

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00:00 Intro and what we’ll cover
00:25 4 common essay opening mistakes
02:01 The full Hemingway opening
02:44 The mini Hemingway opening
03:56 The twist opening
04:56 The philosophical question
05:41 The confession opening
06:37 The trailer opening
07:39 The fascinating concept opening
08:31 The random personal fun fact opening
09:07 The shocking image opening
10:32 My favorite opening to the college essay
11:27 The key to an awesome personal statement

[soliannerubattino]

I love that you show real examples, some of them with gramatical errors and pretty average vocabulary, but rich in content. I always used to see these YouTube videos of people reading "the essay that got them into [insert college here]" and I was like "Well, if I had that vocabulary and those grammatical and spelling skills, I could be talking about a spoon and it would sound interesting." But your videos have taught me that you don't need to have a whole dictionary up your sleeve... you just need to have a good topic and know how to organize the info so it sounds interesting.

[hihi-ognm]

Thank you so much! I just got my very first acceptance letter which included a 140, 000 dollar merit scholarship and I honestly could not have done it without your help!! 18 more college decisions to come, wish me luck!

[m.gracekeech]

This video helpe me get accepted into my top choice of college along with a merit scholarship! Definitley wish I had seen this video sooner, thanks for creating it and giving such good advice! :)

[ArshroopSaini]

Grateful that my school counselor suggested me this channel, Ethan you are awesome!!

[thegodoflols]

Thank you for the content.
While others charge 100 dollars to help with the essays it is hard to believe that the content you put in is free.

[tarungaur]

The ease with which you narrated the examples is really impressive. Thank you for this video.

[johnsy]

The opening to my college essay if I ever had to write one:

I time travel on a regular basis. I usually go back in time but occasionally I go to the future. Ive marched with Caesar's legions, commanded the Allied armies as they landed in Normandy, and laid in wait to ambush the enemy in the steamy jungles of Vietnam. I've fought a Third World War in Europe that (thankfully) never was and stood up to hordes of North Korean soldiers streaming south in a second Korean War.

I play and collect historical wargames.

[XimeLopez._.]

I'm here from today's session, and I appreciate that you care for students applying to universities. I am really happy that I found all of your resources. They are so useful, thank you!!

[vanshithbhandari]

I'm going to use the mini Hemingway in my essay! Thanks for these Ethan. Greatly appreciated

[mieraftadelle]

I absolutely love this MAN, he’s a true inspiration and teacher Thank you 🙏🏾🙏🏾.

Wish me good luck for my next Masters admission, which is different program than that of I learned in bachelors.

[wreckless]

Here because I’m currently writing a school essay and this has massively helped me.

Thank you so much for the great work.

[kiloperson]

This was my first video I watched from your channel and I subscribed already cause you went right away to the point in the video and I didn't have to hear any "filler"

[leomunguba]

Your content is amazing, thank you so much for your insights and ideas

[writingteacherdenise]

Another super practical video to share with my students. I've been binge-watching while doing a weights workout #multitasking

[avdk]

Love your videos, they are really helpful. Thank you for sharing.

[partymark]

I have an essay tomorrow this rlly helps thank you so much 😊

[Paatajz]

10:24 - where can I find link to the mentioned video about raising another question?

[ea]

Was thinking of opening mine which is for Grad school with a poem that I love

[LionEnthusiast]

THANK

THANK GOD I CAME TO THIS


I ALMOST GAVE UP ON MY STORY, NOW I WROTE PERFECT STATEMENT.

[freestyle]

The video was amazing. I'm gonna use the last one on my my college essay