***ANNOUNCEMENT: YOU ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO REVISE YOUR COLLEGE APP ESSAY FROM FALL SEMESTER INTO A LAWS OF LIFE ESSAY***

ESSAY REQUIREMENTS -- TLDR VERSION

• Essays should be 500 to 700 words in length, typed and double-spaced according to MLA format.

• Essays should be based on a student’s personal experience or observations

• Essays should contain a “law of life” expressed as a maxim, saying, or quote.

• EXAMPLE LAWS

• Essays should show how a Law of Life applies to a specific situation from one's life

The saying or Law of Life should be turning point of the story:



• For more info and sample essays from winners:

I. INTRO (good ways to get into your essay):

- Personal Anecdote or Example
- Role Model Character Sketch
- Analogy
- Direct Statement of Topic
- Direct use of a Maxim, Proverb, or Quotation
- Immediately Set the Scene

II. BODY PARAGRAPHS

• 5 W's, 1 H
• SHOW, don't tell
• Sensory Details
• What is the Law of Life, and what did you learn?

III. CONCLUSION


• Re-visit the topic and the effects
• Conclude strongly!