Application essay

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>Greetings to everyone.</p>

<p>I’m going to apply to the Ivy League schools next year. I have been gathering information concerning entering these schools for a while, and I have got an impression that in the application essay I have to write about some heroic deed I committed or something like that. However, there’s nothing heroic I’ve done and I’m not sure I will.
Is it true that everyone who applies is supposed to be some kind of hero and that, not being one, I don’t stand a chance of entering? What did you write about in your essays?</p>

<p>I will really appreciate any advice.
Irina.</p>

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<p>[Essays</a>, Admission Information, Undergraduate Admission, U.Va.](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html]Essays”>http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html)</p>

<p>Hopefully this will help. While written by a UVA official, its advice is sound</p>

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<p>Of course not! Even the Ivies understand that high school seniors are just that - high school seniors. They don’t expect their applicants to have cured cancer or anything at all. As long as an applicant shows outstanding academic ability, true passion, and a desire to use the resources the school will offer, then they are exactly what the Ivies are looking for.</p>

<p>This should also help:</p>

<p>[Advice</a> on Putting Together Your Application | Yale College Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/advice-putting-together-your-application]Advice”>Advice on Putting Together Your Application | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions)</p>

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<p>FallenAngel9, Thank you for the encouragement.
I’m sure, the link is going to be useful, since Yale is my very first choice.</p>

<p>T26E4, thanks for the link.</p>