Read my Harvard essay?

College Essays
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<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I recently finished a relatively short (418-word) optional essay for Harvard. It was free choice, but some suggested topics were:

  • Unusual circumstances in your life
  • Travel or living experiences in other countries
  • What you would want your future college roommate to know about you
  • An intellectual experience (course, project, book, discussion, paper, poetry, or research topic in engineering, mathematics, science or other modes of inquiry) that has meant the most to you
  • How you hope to use your college education
  • A list of books you have read during the past twelve months</p>

<p>I wrote it about how the novel “The Book Thief” impacted my views about books and life and all that. I would love to have a couple of readers before I send it in :slight_smile: If you comment I will PM it to you.</p>

<p>FYI I have up to 1000 words and I wanted to have a deeper topic for this essay since my main Common App essay is a humourous essay about being a germaphobe, trying to fix a vacuum cleaner, and making a fool of myself.</p>

<p>Thank you so much in advance!</p>

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<p>I’d like to read it</p>

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<p>I can read</p>

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<p>i can read it too</p>

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<p>I’m no expert, but glad to help.</p>

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<p>I’m willing to look it over.</p>

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<p>I can read it!</p>

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<p>I can read it!</p>

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<p>I can also read it!</p>

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<p>Hi, I have a question related to that supplement! I have been agonizing over what to include in the optional Harvard supplemental essay section. I have several literary analyses and poems I was considering, but I’m afraid I might as well send the admissions committee a stick-figure drawing. Are these kinds of submissions of any value to the committee, and are they likely to strengthen my application?</p>

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<p>Hello! I know I’m a year late (ahah) but The Book Thief is and will probably always be my favorite book; it drastically changed what I wanted to do in life and how I approached knowledge. I’d love to read your essay if possible!</p>

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<p>I’d love to offer any advice i can. Send me a message!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the offer, @asukumar, but this thread is actually a year old, so I sent in my application back in December, haha :)</p>

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<p>The Book Thief? Why does anybody like that book? It’s terrible.</p>

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<p>@WilliamSmithers Different people tend to have different opinions on certain topics - you think it’s terrible, and I think it’s great :)</p>

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<p>@LAMuniv‌ did you actually send in this essay? Where did you get accepted with it? Just curious. </p>

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<p>@ThatMathySciGirl I did send it, but I only sent it to Harvard (it was a supplemental essay). I was rejected - big surprise, haha.</p>

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<p>@LAMuniv‌ don’t feel bad, haha, very competitive. I’d still like to read it if you kept it. If you didn’t, of course, no worries! :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>@ThatMathySciGirl Sure, I can send it to you. I actually have a newer version of it that I adapted from the Harvard one when I was thinking about using it as my personal statement this year (I am applying to college again this year because of reasons explained in that essay). Or, I also have the old version which I sent to Harvard. Do you have a preference about which I send to you?</p>

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<p>@LAMuniv‌ I’d like to read the one sent before, but if you want opinions about your new one (I’m not qualified past high school, but I could tell you what I think) I’d be happy to do that as well. Thanks!</p>