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Janine Robinson

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Janine Robinson is a freelance writer, editor and teacher from Laguna Beach, California, who coaches college-bound students on their college application essays. Over the past couple decades, she has worked as a staff reporter for top newspapers, including The Miami Herald and The Orange County Register. She also was the editor of a monthly lifestyle magazine for women in Orange County, California, and worked as an editor for several Internet-based education and news sites, including Entrepreneur Media. Currently, Janine is the editor of a luxury lifestyle magazine called Pelican Hill Magazine, based in Newport Beach, CA. She also earned a teaching credential for high school English.

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Race is a Terrible College App Essay Topic

Feeling Pressure to Write
About Race?
Don’t Do It!

Colleges and universities can no longer use your race as a factor in determining whether to accept you to their schools, since the landmark Supreme Court ruling on June 29th abolished most of Affirmative Action in our country.

Although schools are supposed to be colorblind now, many admissions officers are still on the prowl for minority students

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	Escape Essay Hell!: A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Narrative College Application Essays 4.18 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heavenly Essays: 50 Narrative College Application Essays That Worked 4.08 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essay Hell's 2017-18 Prompts Primer: Strategies for the Common App, UC, Transfer and Other College Application Essays 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The best approach is to write a narrative, “slice of life” essay where you focus on a smaller incident, event or moment, and then expand the essay to share what you learned from it.”
― Janine Robinson, Essay Hell's 2017-18 Prompts Primer: Strategies for the Common App, UC, Transfer and Other College Application Essays

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