Essay Importance

gibby
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 00:48:50 +0000

Four years ago, my son applied to 12 colleges and was lucky enough to receive acceptance letters from 10 schools. As each thick envelope arrived, we noticed one thing in common – each packet contained a letter from the regional admissions director with a hand written note that commented about some aspect of my son’s essay. Comments such as “After the committee read your essay, the decision was unanimous” or “Loved your essay about your baseball coach” or “Your essay demonstrates that XXXX would be a great fit for you!” The same thing happened to my daughter when she applied to colleges five years ago. At selective colleges, essays are extremely important. Faced with more academically qualified applicants than places in the freshman class, essay’s are how Admissions Directors REMEMBER an applicant. Often times, an essay can kick a student over the fence into the admit pile – but your test scores and GPA need to be within a college’s range for that to happen!

With your GPA and test scores, I would think colleges on this list would be your target schools: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/a-plus