Book Worksheets
& Exercises

Worksheets, exercises, and checklists from the book are below, organized by chapter and page

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Chapter 3

College Application Timeline (p. 50)
PDF

Your College List: Introspection Activity (p. 52)
PDF | Google Doc

Sample Student Resumes (p. 53)
PDF

Chapter 4

Big Turns and Little Turns Activity (p. 68)
PDF

Five Words Activity (p. 70)
PDF | Google Doc

Bullet the Prompts Activity (p. 72)
PDF | Google Doc

Picking a Great Topic (p. 79)
PDF

Questions for Feedback (p. 107)
PDF

External to Internal Worksheet (p. 110)
PDF | Google Doc | Word Doc

Revision Checklist (p. 118)
PDF

Chapters 5-6

Long Why Our School Outline (p. 132)
Google Doc

Short Why Our School Outline (p. 134)
Google Doc

Why Our School Outlines (customized to individual colleges)
School-By-School Guides

New Contributions/Lived Experiences Essay (p. 150)
Updates coming in August

Contributions Worksheet (p. 154)
PDF | Google Doc

Appendix I:
Creating Your College List

Introspection Activity (p. 263)
PDF | Google Doc

Appendix II:
Resume & Activities List

Sample Resumes (p. 267)
PDF

Activities List Template (p. 271)
Google Doc