Destination YOUniversity Dr. Cynthia Colon

God didn’t bless me with children, but I love working with boys!! They are straight forward and often I find, they don’t overthink a topic. 

The weight room. A simple topic, but when written from a place of vulnerability, it is pure gold!! 

The mirror he stares into at the opening of the essay is the reflection he does not want to be. The ending reflection captures it all. 

Coach Dina and I break it down for you!

Genius!! 

Enjoy!

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Essay Camp Dates 2024:

JUNE: 17 and 24 

JULY:  22, 29

AUGUST: 5, 12, 19

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I’m going to give you an actual peek inside College Essay Bootcamp. 

On Day 1 students write what we call “Test Drives.” They write for 7 minutes on 6 different topics so they can just put words on the page. That evening, their coach offers feedback as to which ones are working and suggestions as to where to go from there.

After day 1 of Rueben’s draft, I was moved. I could see where he was going, so I went for it and offered to challenge him to write the best essay possible. 

This essay lives on in infamy! Many campers try to replicate this template, not many can do it. Is your teen up for the challenge?

Best Selling Author. TEDx Speaker. College Admission Expert. Football Enthusiast.

Dr. Cynthia Colón is the Amazon Best Selling author of Be Committed! Get Admitted., and the Spanish version, Con Determinación. ¡Logra la admisión! She is the national host of Destination YOUniversity podcast and founder of College Essay Bootcamp and Dream College Academy. “Cyndie” grew up with 14 Tíos and Tías with advice on everything except how to get admitted to college. Cynthia's immigrant mother had the courage to ask for help and changed the trajectory of her life. Because of Lydia (Mom), Cynthia is an alumna of USC, Columbia University, and UCLA. Dr. Colón is on a mission to help more public school students get private school service to access top 100 colleges. Dr. Colón delivered her first TEDx Talk, “College Admissions Is NOT Fair,” in Los Angeles in 2023. She  has been featured on KTLA, ABC, NBC, FOX 5, KCAL, WGN, WPIX.

Be Committed. Get Admitted!: 7 Steps to College Admission Success: https://a.co/d/fq1xH3W

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Register for Dream College Academy (9th - 11th): https://www.drcynthiacolon.com/dca

Register for College Essay Bootcamp (11th - 12th): https://www.drcynthiacolon.com/essaycamp

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TEDx Talk, “College Admissions Is NOT Fair”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFTU-Qg9sPY

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Essay Camp Dates 2024:

JUNE: 17 and 24 

JULY: 22, 29

AUGUST: 5, 12, 19

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Let me give it to you straight: research shows that a single gender environment helps girls and women thrive. But what does that mean? What does that look like? And why should girl Moms and girl Dad care? 

Well, hello! That is what we are talking about today!! 

We are here with Executive Director of College Match, Erica Rosales. Erica is an alumna of Wellesley College, one of the oldest colleges in the country and remains an all women institution. 


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I was teaching College Essay Bootcamp at St. John Bosco back in 2018 or 2019 when a young man, Cole, introduced me to spearfishing. By day two, he was stuck and wasn’t sure how to improve the essay. 

His first sentence read like a typical English paper topic sentence. 

Wrong. 

But, what it revealed were the three lessons he learned from spearfishing. 

Aha.

Now we're onto something. 

In my quick scribbles I wrote out each word he used in the topic sentence, leaving space between each. Resourceful, Persistence, and Patience. 

I gave him instructions on what to do next and he was coachable. 

One of our expert essay coaches, Dina, helps walk you through the genius of this essay.

I think you’ll love it!!

Best Selling Author. TEDx Speaker. College Admission Expert. Football Enthusiast.

Dr. Cynthia Colón is the Amazon Best Selling author of Be Committed! Get Admitted., and the Spanish version, Con Determinación. ¡Logra la admisión! She is the national host of Destination YOUniversity podcast and founder of College Essay Bootcamp and Dream College Academy. “Cyndie” grew up with 14 Tíos and Tías with advice on everything except how to get admitted to college. Cynthia's immigrant mother had the courage to ask for help and changed the trajectory of her life. Because of Lydia (Mom), Cynthia is an alumna of USC, Columbia University, and UCLA. Dr. Colón is on a mission to help more public school students get private school service to access top 100 colleges. Dr. Colón delivered her first TEDx Talk, “College Admissions Is NOT Fair,” in Los Angeles in 2023. She  has been featured on KTLA, ABC, NBC, FOX 5, KCAL, WGN, WPIX.

Be Committed. Get Admitted!: 7 Steps to College Admission Success: https://a.co/d/fq1xH3W

Con Determinación. ¡Logra la admisión!: https://a.co/d/b91hMSD

FREE Download: How Admission Officers Choose Who To Admit Or Reject: https://www.drcynthiacolon.com/admit

Book a Free Mini Strategy Call: https://www.drcynthiacolon.com/schedule

Download your FREE 10 Sample Essays: https://www.drcynthiacolon.com/10-sample-college-essay

Purchase 40+ Winning Essays To Top 100 Colleges: https://www.drcynthiacolon.com/offers/2RyFN5AB/checkout

Register for Dream College Academy (9th - 11th): https://www.drcynthiacolon.com/dca

Register for College Essay Bootcamp (11th - 12th): https://www.drcynthiacolon.com/essaycamp

Visit our website: https://www.drcynthiacolon.com/

TEDx Talk, “College Admissions Is NOT Fair”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFTU-Qg9sPY

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Essay Camp Dates 2024:

JUNE: 17 and 24 

JULY: 15, 22, 29

AUGUST: 5, 12, 19

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I know ONE math cheer. ONE. 

I was the best student in Geometry, but it was my Algebra II  teacher, Mr. Modlin, who brought in the newspaper and asked if anyone wanted to come up and lead the class in a math cheer. 

Um. Hello. My hand raised up faster than you could say, “Go!”

Mr. Modlin gave me the floor:

D to the X

E to the X

Cosine, Secant, Tangent, Sine

3.14159

Square Root

Cube Root

Log of Pi

Disintegrate them, RPI

Today’s podcast features my second favorite Math teacher, Catalina Saenz. 

OK  - I don’t know about you, but I love SMART women!! I mean - there is nothing better than having a conversation with a Wellesley woman who majored in MATH! Today, I have just the woman for you!! 

If you have a child interested in Math - this is for you.

If you have a child who does NOT like math and wonders what in the heck s/he needs math for - this episode is definitely for you.

If your child has any interest in STEM majors, wants to be a doctor and is needing to figure out exactly what to major in, well, buckle up!!