• College Essay Assignment: Looking at Successful Essays

    Answer these questions for Essay # 1 and 2 of the other 4 essays:

    Essay #1

    Why do you think he/she got in?

    What can you tell about him/her from this essay (even though not a word of it, until the last sentence is true)?

    What do you think the admissions board thought of him/her?

    What made this essay stand out from thousands of others?

    Essay #___

    Why do you think he/she got in?

    What can you tell about him/her from this essay?

    What do you think the admissions board thought of him/her?

    What made this essay stand out from thousands of others?

    Essay # ___

    Why do you think he/she got in?

    What can you tell about him/her from this essay?

    What do you think the admissions board thought of him/her?

    What made this essay stand out from thousands of others?

Last Modified on October 7, 2013