How do I start a college essay?

I can give you some hints , I don't know if it can help you! You can always use Microsoft word, it's easy it has it's own dictionary, spelling and gramatic check; you put it on and it will underline by red your spelling mistakes and give you suggestions for words and green for gramatical mistakes. i don't know a website for that. As for composing an essay, you have to keep in mind that it should always have; 1- an introduction (in which you speak about the background of the topic you want to write about, the objectives and aims of your essay, the parts of your essay, etc...). 2- Body of the essay ( In which you elaborate about your topic, try to give good evidence and reasons for your topic you are writing about, try to be analytical) 3- Conclusion ( you conclude all the points you have discussed, you come to one conclusion, you summarize youe essay) You have to didvide the essay into paragraphs and try to keep it neat and tidy. Don't write so much and don't write so less, it depends on the topic you write about and word limit if there is one. Usually it is accepted to be 10 % - or +. Whatever you do, you have to keep all the ideas correlated to each other, answering and related the question you have, and make the essay just flow swiftly and smoothly. make it interesting for the reader to read. I hope this helps, There are certain guidlines for essay writing, but I don't know websites for it.

basically, the purpose is to let the colleges know about you and your personality. maybe start with a 'punchline' or an anectdote to lead into your point. i read the response from the person above me. do you know her or something? is that really your prompt? she sounds so sure of herself about knowing who you are that it's a bit creepy..

The one thing I've learned from having written many "Grade A" papers is there are three parts. The Intro, the body and the exit. 1. Intro: Briefly tell us what you are going to tell us. 2. Body: Tell us what you have to say. 3. Exit: Summarize what you just told us. In each paragraph of the paper, have the first sentence summarize what the rest of the paragraph is going to be about. Then the sentences that follow should support that summary in whatever order that makes sense to you. In the exit part, don't bring in any new information. Think of it as your intro, just rewritten. Liesel.