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10-07-2007, 09:17 AM
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| What College Websites Show Good Examples Of Good Essays?
I remember reading that there are a few college websites that show show examples of essays they felt were outstanding. Does anyone know which schools those are? Thank you. | 
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10-07-2007, 09:47 AM
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10-07-2007, 11:10 AM
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10-07-2007, 01:50 PM
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| This one doesn't have essays either, but they've got some helpful tips. http://www.ups.edu/x470.xml | |
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10-07-2007, 02:19 PM
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| I'm surprised Puget Sound has such a nice little section there. I've never heard of the place. | |
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10-07-2007, 03:57 PM
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| I hear about it all the time. But then again., I'm from OREGON! | |
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10-08-2007, 09:28 AM
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| The Virginia web site mentioned above does have useful excerpts of sample essays ("good", "bad", and "risky"), at the bottom of the page. Lots of good advice, too. http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadm...gtheessay.html | |
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10-08-2007, 09:48 AM
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| Is This What Adcoms Want?
I looked at several of the "winning" essays and I must say I found many of them contrived and overwrougt. They were also edited within an inch of their lives. Did anybody have this impression? | |
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10-08-2007, 12:11 PM
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| The NPR essays are great
The essays chosen in the NPR contest are really good. They are quite genuine and each appears to reflect a real person. Thanks for posting mAP! http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/...26.essays.html | |
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10-08-2007, 12:23 PM
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| That essay about flying.......absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!!! Applying to Tufts, is this what we're up against? :-) | |
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10-08-2007, 02:00 PM
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| Here's the Tufts section from last year: http://admissions.tufts.edu/?pid=148
Remember, a good Personal Statement is one that lets an admissions officer understand you and the way you think. | |
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10-08-2007, 03:50 PM
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| balletgirl i could not agree more. so contrived and edited to the max, i completely agree!! | |
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10-08-2007, 03:55 PM
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| NPR was a great webiste, so real and totally a typical 17 year olds voice as it should be. It was refreshing to read "real essays". Thanks for sharing, that is more like it! | |
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