<p>Would anyone that was accepted like to share any of their essays with us prospective students? =]</p>
<p>People generally avoid posting accepted essays, because the moment you read that essay, you’ll – whether unconsciously or consciously – will somehow follow that essay. You should find your own voice; college app writing is trial-and-error, and you’re more than welcome to ask other CCers for advice, though your fellow classmates and teachers will be more useful, because they know you on a more personal level. They can tell you whether you are portraying yourself accurately, something that strangers like us on CC cannot do.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>haha that’s true…oops
thank you</p>
<p>I was about to say the same thing. Not to mention that the internet is a risky thing… People aren’t going to post their hard work on the internet when there’s a great possibility that some random stranger can copy that work whether partially or wholly as his own…</p>
<p>And as ab2013 said, write from your experiences and feelings. Your essays have to reflect you, something that may not come through if you try to emulate someone’s essay or style of writing. Don’t worry about it! If anything, you can always ask an accepted student to read your essay (privately) for you when you’ve written your first draft. You’re bound to get people who are willing to help :D</p>
<p>for some great essays, there’s a book from harvard of 50 accepted harvard essays. you’ve got to make it your own, but that could inspire you.</p>
<p>I am guessing you are asking to try to find out what and how to write. One of the good ideas for a Stanford essay would be writing about your passion about public service (if you have it), trying to show why, how, and with what purpose you are doing it. There are, of course, a lot of other choices.</p>
<p>the best application essays happen when you pick the thing you are the most deeply passionate about in your life, no matter what it is, and just start writing.</p>
<p>I’ve already decided what I’m gonna write my common app essay about I think…it’s gonna be about this summer camp for Autistic children that I’m volunteering at (I want to go into the field of Autism research/intervention as a career)</p>
<p>@hpfan, thank you! I’ll definitely need the feedback after I write my essay later on =]</p>
<p>Thank you all! no more stress…I’m actually very excited to start writing my essays next year.</p>
<p>You might find this article from a 2008 Stanford Alum magazine helpful:</p>
<p>[STANFORD</a> Magazine: September/October 2008 > Features > Admissions Essays Opening Lines](<a href=“Page Not Found”>Page Not Found)</p>
<p>Ok, I got rejected already, so there’s no chance I’m going to be able to come here or ever have to fill out the same application again.</p>
<p>Can someone who was accepted send me his or her essays? I just want to see what they were like…</p>
<p>Dana that would make great essay! According to ngolsh, once you choose a topic that you’re really passionate about and that is shown to the admissions officer, you’d definitely be in the running. My common app essay was about the experiences I had at a theoretical physics camp in Waterloo, Canada last August. Don’t go pick some random, obscure topic because you think it’ll get you in… it might work to your disadvantage. Just write from your heart :D</p>
<p>@hpfan018, that was exactly my thought process (picking something you’re passionate about) :]
It’s really easy to tell when someone just tries to write something that “sounds good” when they don’t really put their heart into it…
I just hope I end up portraying my love for autistic children and my goal of helping them well through words, which hopefully shouldn’t be TOO hard! =] Congrats on Stanford (assuming you got in?) or whatever schools you got into by the way!</p>
<p>@2boysima, thanks for the link!</p>
<p>Lol yes I did get into Stanford. If you want some tips on how to write your essays and the whole admissions process in general, my friend had given me these college magazines from Kaplan and USNews. Their “college editions.” I’m not sure when this year’s will be released, but if you know anyone with one you should borrow it. They were really helpful. There was even a tear out checklist for you to check off what documents or applications you sent to each university. I absolutely loved it. USN&WR may be a little shady when it comes to rankings, but I highly recommend you purchase that magazine!</p>
<p>Congrats again :] I tremble of excitement and awe every time I think about Stanford.
I’ll definitely look into those and ask around to see if anyone has past additions; they sound very helpful.
Thank you!</p>
<p>Ok I can’t seem to find the magazine online… amazon says they’re out of stock. But you can use the links from here: [Guide</a> to Admissions - US News and World Report (usnews.com)](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/features/education/best-colleges/guide-to-admissions.html]Guide”>http://www.usnews.com/features/education/best-colleges/guide-to-admissions.html) and save yourself $9.95 for the magazine. The only thing you’ll be missing is the pull out organizer :P</p>
<p>And I know exactly what you mean about Stanford! I was just talking to my friend who’s there now and just from talking to her I get excited!!!</p>
<p>Thanks for the link, it’s very useful! i’ll try to cope without the organizer :P</p>
<p>haha, you truly are incredibly lucky! but then again, stanford’s probably very fortunate to be having you =]
I’ll be crossing my fingers for next year’s SCEA process!</p>