Folks, THIS is how you write a Yale essay ...

College Essays
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<p>“As always, whitey now sits in judgment of me, preparing to cast my fate. It is your decision either to let me blow with the wind as a nonentity or to encourage the development of self. Allow me to prove myself.” - Henry Louis Gates, Yale University application essay, 1969</p>

<p>Learn from the best …</p>

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<p>So are you looking for someone to look at your essay and give some suggestions? i can take a look if that is the case.</p>

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<p>thanks, but I’m nowhere close to finishing mine … just thought I’d share an excerpt of a college essay from one of America’s top scholars as a little inspiration.</p>

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<p>I don’t think it was meant to be sarcastic. Gates wrote this as a kid obviously, at a time when the racial atmosphere was much different that it is today … he later said that he was embarrassed by the brashness of his essay, but he got in and went on to become one of America’s most renowned scholars, so I guess it worked.</p>

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<p>LOL. 40 years on…</p>

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<p>I’m writing my essay now … it sucks. I wish I had Gates’ genius ability.</p>

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<p>don’t we all :/</p>

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<p>lol at gates being a genius. moar like pompous noob, am i rite?</p>

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<p>He seems like an self-righteous ******* to me…</p>

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<p>where can i read the whole thing?</p>

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<p>I don’t think he published the whole thing.</p>

<p>And ChoklitRain: no, you are not right</p>

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<p>Can I read it?
Pm me plz</p>

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<p>^lol. essay grubber.</p>

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<p>lol I’m not done, in fact, I have barely started.</p>