1. Where to look for personal persuasion prompts!

2. 1. Job Listings
Simply Hired is an online database of all posted jobs anywhere in the country, categorized by location, job title, or skill.

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Hire Teen has some general ideas for jobs based on age and what a teen should do to make themselves marketable (build their “personal brand”).

4. 2. College Essays
Look at specific colleges.

5. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ACADEMIC EXPLANATION
What factors caused or contributed to your performance, including your own choices/actions?
What actions did you take or are you taking to address these factors in order to be academically and/or personally successful?
What have you learned from the experience that has changed or will change how you approach your academics and/or personal challenges?
You are encouraged to go deeper than: “Just being at CSU will help me be successful.”
Provide an explanation of any break or interruption in your education of a semester or longer since 9th grade (or equivalent). Examples include sitting out for a semester or longer during or between academic year(s), completing a gap year, or taking time off between high school and college.
Be sure to include information about what you have done or what you did during your time away from school.
250 words remaining

6. UCLA
You will have 8 questions to choose from. You must respond to only 4 of the 8 questions.
Each response is limited to a maximum of 350 words.
Which questions you choose to answer is entirely up to you: But you should select questions that are most relevant to your experience and that best reflect your individual circumstances.
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7. Common Application
Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?
Describe a problem you've solved or a problem you'd like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma-anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.

8. Scholarship Essay
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Online database of national scholarships, no registration required.