Survival+Assessment

Dear Elyse:

I learned a lot in both "How to " pieces, so they certainly achieved their goal. The "Ladywood" list had more diversity to it, because the "Groban" piece seemed to mostly repeat variations on "People will think you're weird, but that's o.k."

The Ladywood piece could definitely be expanded to "girls' Catholic schools" even if pertains to your experience at one school. People like to find exceptions to rules, so it doesn't matter if your experience is not universal. It is better to widen your audience a little.

Consider ordering the list a little. Comments about homeroom probably would go earlier rather than later. And consider a conclusion. You could even comment on how schools may vary, but yours is________. That's how you avoid over-generalization.

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