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College Admissions Essay Live Chat on Thursday

Author of a new book on the college application essay, Sarah McGinty, will take questions from Patch readers live this week.

Have burning questions about how to write a college application essay? Later this week, Needham Patch will give you the opportunity to ask them without leaving the comfort of your home (or your work desk).

On Thursday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m., Needham Patch, working with Brookline Patch, will hold a live chat with Sarah Myers McGinty, author of the "The College Application Essay and former member of the writing faculty at Harvard University, as well as former Admissions Director at Sarah Lawrence College and principal of the McGinty Consulting Group

So, come back to Needham Patch on Thursday evening and enter our chat room where you can type in your questions. (We will have an article linking to the chat room up the morning before the chat begins, so you can bookmark it and come back once we're underway, or enter your email address and receive a reminder before the chat starts.)

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Start thinking up questions about what makes a winning college application essay, and we will see you on Thursday!

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