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Rigney, John
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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?