New York City - Writing & Critical Thinking

The Writing & Critical Thinking Program was launched in the 2006-2007 academic year to address mentees' abilities to organize their thoughts, articulate themselves, convey ideas, and engage in critical thinking/logical reasoning. Throughout the year, mentees meet on a weekly basis with designated Writing & Critical Thinking Consultants to receive large and small group instruction on writing organization, style, and mechanics; discuss drafts of their written work; and engage in writing and critical thinking activities such as debate, current event discussion, peer editing, and art, music, and literature interpretation. The Program's small consultant-to-student ratio allows mentees to draw on consistent, thorough, customized feedback each week as they work toward producing highly competitive essays for summer program applications.