Essays, really? Do colleges have that time and effort?

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Most bought essays are not written by people with admissions experience. And there are ways to see a lack of correlation between the essay and the quality of the rest of the package.

The whole point of the article is that colleges don’t know what they haven’t been catching

Yes, admissions officers can tell when an applicant has been helped by someone who does not understand how college essays typically sound.

The operative phrase, though, is unfamiliar with how college essays typically sound.

What admissions officers cannot know – and have no reliable way of finding out – is how many essays they’ve looked at that have been massaged, shall we say, by adults who are familiar with how college essays typically sound. Adults who know exactly how college essays typically sound and can convincingly channel, or even replicate, a 17-year-old’s voice – warts and all. Adults who are paid thousands of dollars precisely because they possess this skill.

Even at the lower end – that is, people who charge $50/hr. as opposed to $500 – essay helpers are often superbly well versed in the college admissions game.

Yes, there are bad essay rewriters out there, but this is an industry insider saying she’s seen some really good ones, too.