J&B Brown Program (Summer Camp Application)“A STEM Summer: Crafting Essays for the SHAD Summer Program” Highlights: J&B worked in a three-person team on a three-step project to prepare four 250-word essays for an application to the SHAD Summer Program. The J&B team worked closely with the client to incorporate their experiences fundraising for a cancer foundation, tutoring refugees, playing the flute, and swimming—recommending creative storytelling methods to bring the client’s experiences to life. J&B worked with the client in three stages, receiving their feedback and polishing and their final drafts until the client was satisfied with their final essays. Case:J&B worked in a three-person team to advise a student hoping to attend the SHAD Summer Program, a STEM-oriented summer experience in Canada. J&B worked with the client on four 250-word essays for their application. Background:As the client had meaningful experiences raising money for a cancer foundation, J&B helped the client translate their work fundraising and involving in advocacy projects into a 250-word essay. The client also tutored refugees learning English, which the team advised the client on how to best work into a two-paragraph essay. The client also wanted to include their work playing the flute and swimming, which J&B creatively incorporated into two separate narratives. The Process:The J&B team split the project into three steps. In the first step, J&B helped the client structure their ideas and experiences in paragraph form, which the client then revised in the second stage of the project. In the third step, J&B polished and edited the client’s final drafts, adhering to word counts and checking the essays for flow and accuracy. At the end of the project, the client was satisfied with their final essays. J&B’s Key Goals: Creative storytelling Teamwork Clear communication Emotional reveals
