At the beginning of the year we learned how to properly write and prepare a college essay. Learning this was imperative if you planned to use the common app. Not only was it necessary to fill out, because of Covid preventing many kids from having a normal academic year, the essays were studied extensively compared to the small number of test scores that colleges typically study the most. Having a solid and well written essay increased your chances of getting accepted into college significantly higher. I believe that because of the time we spent learning about writing the perfect essay, my chances of getting accepted into my schools was higher, and it showed when I was accepted to 4 out of the 5 schools I applied to. Many of our essays and projects were uploaded to our individual blogs. Before this class, I had never used a blog in my life, so learning how to use it was very important for this class. I also learned that people still make money from blogging and can make a ...