Application essays and college writing

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Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:59:59 +0000

S applied to a couple of school that required a graded writing sample. Unfortunately, S throws everything away, he had none meeting the specifications described. If schools are going to require that, spelling it out well beforehand would be nice. Good writing is one thing, how one handles ideas is equally important. I have seen wonderful narrative writers fall apart (in their writing) when asked to provide a reasoned argument.