Does your child have what it takes to get into BYU?
The stakes of getting accepted to BYU are getting higher. It is estimated that over 12,000 students will apply to BYU this fall. Using last year’s acceptance rates, over 4,000 won’t make the cut.
Given these odds, parents want to know:
“Is there anything I can do to improve my child’s chances for acceptance to BYU?”
Yes!
When your child begins their BYU application, nearly all of the criteria is fixed and can’t be influenced or changed — except one: the essays.
At this point, the essays are the only controllable factor your child has to hurt or help their chances.
The right way to write BYU essays
Susie Boyce, founder of College Essay Builder, has been helping students write BYU essays since 2007. She has discovered three fundamental questions that all successful BYU essays must effectively address:
1) Do my child’s essays show that they value the BYU Aims?
Each BYU essay should correlate directly to one or more of the Aims of a BYU Education. The stories and examples your child uses need to make the connection clear and personal.
2) Do my child’s essays help them stand out?
This fall, BYU will receive 70,000+ essays. How will your child be remembered? Start by identifying stories that are unique to them. Then convert these to narratives showing their growth and transformation.
3) Do my child’s essays demonstrate their potential as a BYU student?
Help your child find examples of character, values and testimony development. Essays that include these insights make a powerful impact.
The Bottom Line
You can do something to improve your child’s chances for acceptance to BYU. But you don’t have to do it alone. College Essay Builder has created a BYU essay course that leads your child, step-by-step, through the process of writing all the BYU essays.
In this course your child will learn how to:
Personalize the BYU Aims and meaningfully connect them to each essay.
- Identify stories that demonstrate their potential as a successful BYU student.
- Approach each essay prompt with depth.
- Start each essay with a great hook.
- End each essay with a powerful conclusion.
- Edit and revise each essay.
The stakes are too high not to do everything you can to help your child get accepted.
And the most controllable thing you can do right now is help them write their best BYU essays by enrolling them in this course today.
For a limited time, use the coupon code LDS50 to get $50 off the full course price.