Essays are overrated?

cameliasinensis
Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:53:51 +0000

schitz:

For top schools, since most applicants have similar stats, the essay and recs are what separate the admittees from the rejectees, so the essay will be very important when applying to extremely selective schools.

I didn’t realize as I was writing my post that you’d already said everything I meant to (and more succinctly, too). Sorry about that.