Can anyone make me feel any better.....

oracle1
Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:32:55 +0000

Hi
I worked really hard all years at high school…great gpa/rigorous courselod/ top notch sats/recs/e.c.'s to get into my dream school (unfortunately among the lowest admit rates in the country) and I didn’t get in. I’ll be going to a school of similar prestige and similar enviornment (slightly higher admit rate and slightly worse reputation IMO but that really depends who you ask). Anyways, reflecting back on the process, I keep coming back to my essays, because there really isn’t anything else on my application I could have done better (in terms of numbers). I just don’t know… I started the essays in mid-summer (tailored to my dream school’s specific prompt) and really did work hard on them…lots of re-drats and input from the few adults I asked to review (English major gradute from my dream school…experienced counselor…brilliant friend). I think that the essays came out as fairly unique…I’m just afraid that they told stories rather than the touchy-feely “i love the world and love learning and drink hot-coco with my grandma each winter”. My essays demonstrated what I did and I guess showed what I am like through my actions. But, some other essays I read kind of are more explicit in saying I am a very (insert adjective) person.

Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can get over always questioning what if I had done my essays differently?