<p>ill read. im applying this year too.</p>
<p>If you PM me, I’d love to read it</p>
<p>Again, discourage students PMming essays to each other. Can’t stop you, can only warn you.</p>
<p>hey can anyone maybe link us to libby pearson’s post about not trading essays?</p>
<p>and btw, if you’re still sharing OP, I’ll read it. i’m already done with mine.</p>
<p>One does not need the voice of the expert to obey common sense.</p>
<p>^i’m just curious what she said specifically, rather than hearing it through the grapevine. not that i don’t see you as an expert as well unalove=)</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/227173-easy-essays.html?highlight=essay[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/227173-easy-essays.html?highlight=essay</a></p>
<p>found it=)</p>
<p>i don’t know, of the thousands of applicants, there was only ONE incident, and we don’t know if it was from CC or not.</p>
<p>the two ppl could easily have been going to the same school or something…i dunno, thoughts?</p>
<p>Thoughts? I think you kids are NUTS to be sharing your essays on an anonymous internet board.</p>
<p>“On the internet, no one knows you’re a dog.”</p>
<p>Heck, S never shared his essays with his closet friends until after decisions were out. He refused to read essays for friends, too. Too much risk of cross-pollination, even if inadvertent. He didn’t show them to me until they were nearly done because he wanted them to be in his voice, without parental commentary.</p>
<p>I have never posted his topic for Question 5 last year, much less the essay. </p>
<p>I looked at essays for a dear family friend of ours. The most valuable advice I could offer her was to “connect the dots” among various interests and threads in her life because she and S1 have been soulmates since they were in diapers. Noone on an anonymous chat will be able to make the types of connections that will strengthen your essay. If you are a senior in HS and still need proofreading help, go find a copy of Strunk & White or Writers, Inc. and teach yourself NOW. </p>
<p>– proud parent of dog (and two sons)</p>
<p>^it’s not “proofreading” help we need, gosh. we learned all that in elementary school and i can honestly say i don’t think i’ve ever misspelled a word on a formal essay or even timed essays on ap tests or whatever.</p>
<p>it’s advice on our ideas and topics and what we focused on, etc. that we want, just wondering if it’s appropriate, cliche, overdone, or just right…our parents can’t give us advice like that. yeah i never share essays with my friends either b/c of that “cross-pollination” you mentioned. and my GC isn’t super-experienced either.</p>
<p>so that’s why we come to CC searching out those who have already undergone this process and succeeded…that’s why we put ourselves out here despite the risks, because other ppl we know personally can’t always offer the kind of insights we really want.</p>
<p>hannah,
Sorry if I offended you – I’ve just seen way too many typos and painful grammatical errors from top-notch students to say it’s never an issue… </p>
<p>S1 never had his GC look at his essays; she was far too busy. S’s English teacher looked at his draft of his “Why Chicago?” essay and said it was totally inappropriate. This person had previously worked at a major university’s admissions office, too! Of course, that was precisely the version S used, after some tinkering and tightening.</p>
<p>If you have some adult friends who have known you a long time, you might consider them as a resource for taking a look-see at your essays. I find it hard to evaluate essays here because I don’t know you. What I’m looking for is to see how your essay shows who you are, in big ways and in small ones. One way to bring out those subtleties is to ask the right questions to draw more information out of you. Someone who has known you a long time can be a good resource in that regard.</p>
<p>While S didn’t show me his essays until they were almost done, he did come to me with questions about when he became interested in X, or how he learned about Y. He was looking for those threads that became the fabric of his being. For <em>that</em> part I could be of help to him.</p>
<p>Best of luck…you will be so glad when this process is finished!</p>
<p>^thanks for the helpful advice!! haha sorry for getting slightly confrontational, i guess it is just the stress getting to me. you’re totally right anyway.</p>
<p>okay now that you mention it, i think i will ask a couple of adults i’ve had regular contact with (outside my parent’s circle of friends cuz that would just be a nightmare, lol a lot of their kids are applying/will be applying soon to colleges too). i’ve met some ppl through the volunteer work i do who seem just perfect. thanks=)</p>
<p>yeah about my parents…they think everything i try to show them is crap. and then they tell me to show someone else cuz they really have no idea what colleges want, lol, and admit it might be decent.</p>