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Help your seniors go from "I have nothing to write about" to a personal statement they're proud of. The College Essay Workshop is a print-and-go, step-by-step unit for 11th and 12th grade that covers the whole process: understanding the assignment, decoding the seven Common App prompts, brainstorming, choosing a topic, structuring, drafting strong hooks, reflecting, revising, and peer review. It works for the 2026–27 Common App (the prompts are unchanged; 650-word limit), the Coalition and other