College Essays that Made a Difference
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ISBN: 0375763449 / Publisher: Princeton Review, September 2003
Presents examples of eighty-nine real essays by college hopefuls along with advice from admission officers from top universities on what they look for when evaluating essays and applicants.
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Essays That Scored. Essays That Bored.What’s the scariest part of the college application? For most, it’s that big white space where an essay is supposed to go. This book puts you in the admissions officer’s seat; we give you the intimate details–test scores, GPAs, demographic information, and of course, essays–of 89 elite college hopefuls. You’ll find out where they applied and ultimately got in. And where they didn’t. 1. Eighty-nine real-life essays written by applicants to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, MIT, and more 2. Complete application profiles of all the students, including where they got in and where they didn’t3. Insider advice: Interviews with admissions pros at Amherst College, Bates College, Bowdoin College, Claremont McKenna College, Johns Hopkins University, Macalester College, Middlebury College, New College of Florida, Northwestern University, United States Coast Guard Academy, Wellesley College, Williams College, and Yale University Inside you’ll find essays written for applications to the following colleges:Amherst CollegeBarnard CollegeBates CollegeBoston CollegeBowdoin CollegeBrown UniversityCalifornia Institute of TechnologyCarleton CollegeClaremont McKenna CollegeColby CollegeColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityDartmouth CollegeDavidson CollegeDuke UniversityGeorgetown UniversityHarvard CollegeHaverford CollegeJohns Hopkins UniversityMacalester CollegeMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMiddlebury CollegeNew College of FloridaNorthwestern UniversityPomona CollegePrinceton UniversityRice UniversitySmith CollegeStanford UniversitySwarthmore CollegeTufts UniversityUnited States Air Force AcademyUnited States Coast Guard AcademyUnited States Naval AcademyUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of PennsylvaniaWashington and Lee UniversityWashington University in St. LouisWellesley CollegeWesleyan UniversityWilliams CollegeYale University
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