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Global Essay Competitions [1-on-1]

Start any time | 4 weeks | ₹ 36,000 | Grade 7-12

Global Essay Competitions [1-on-1]

What you'll learn

Top global essay competitions are among the few credentials that admissions officers read closely, because they cannot be bought or outsourced. This program pairs each student with a mentor who has won or placed in these competitions, and takes them from a raw idea to a finished, submission-ready essay. Students learn how to choose a question worth arguing, build a case from real evidence, structure a tight argument within a strict word limit, and revise with the judging criteria in mind. The work is one to one, so the pace and the subject follow the student. Suitable for competitions including the John Locke Global Essay Prize, Cambridge Re:think, Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition, Minds Underground, and subject-specific prizes across economics, history, philosophy, science, law, and international relations.


Mentors:

Past competition winners, matched by subject

Every student is matched with a mentor who has personally won or been shortlisted in a major global essay competition in the student's chosen subject. Mentors are current undergraduates and graduates of leading universities who have been through the same process, know how these essays are actually judged, and give direct, line-level feedback on the student's work.

Outcomes

Details

When: Rolling admissions. Start any time and work backwards from your competition deadline.


Duration: 4 weeks of mentorship per essay


Timings: One-on-one sessions. Timings will be mutually decided based on the student’s availability.


Commitment: 12 hours: one to one sessions, self-paced research and writing, and written feedback rounds


Where: Online (on Zoom)


Recommended For: Grade 7-12

For students interested in:

Humanities, Critical Thinking, Communication, Business, STEM

Overview

Before the program Students complete a short intake covering their subject interests, target competitions, and a sample of recent writing. The mentor match is made from this. Students also receive a reading pack of winning essays from past years with notes on why they placed. Week 1 | Question and evidence Narrowing a broad interest into a specific, arguable question. Understanding what the judges of the chosen competition actually reward. Mapping the existing debate, finding credible sources, and separating evidence from opinion. Week 2 | Argument and structure Building a thesis, constructing the line of reasoning, sequencing the sections, and stress-testing the argument against the strongest counterpoints before drafting. Week 3 | Full draft Students write the complete first draft. The mentor returns detailed written feedback on argument, evidence, and clarity, followed by a working session on the weakest sections. Week 4 | Revision and submission Rewriting for precision and word count. Fixing citation format, checking every claim against its source, and confirming the entry meets the competition rules. The essay goes out ready to submit. After the program:  Students submit their essay to the competition and to Futurowise for publishing, and receive their certificate. They leave with a method for turning a question into a defensible argument, which is the same skill their college essays and university coursework will demand.
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I enjoyed researching for the project given to us, which were then very well evaluated and we were given valuable feedback about the real-world applicability.

Anwita

Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai

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