merit of application essays

truthat
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:48:57 +0000

Hi, I’m a fresh. transfer applicant from USC majoring in business. I’m wondering how much colleges count those applicatione essays (usually questions like why do you want to transfer…what attracts you to our university…etc etc). im concerned because while my gpa is competitive (3.8-3.9) and sat is solid (1480 in the old one), my essays are the weakest part of my application. i just read my essay for cornell and it’s not that great at all (did it last minute). so…my question is…in case of transfer applicant, how much weight do colleges place on those essays???