The optional essay on NU supplement

arbiter213
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:16:18 +0000

Of course it hurts. It shows you didn’t care enough about the school to put in the minuscule extra effort.

Optional essays are rarely optional.

Then again, a friend of mine from HS didn’t write the supplement for Harvard and got in.

But she was a semi recruited athlete for Cross Country and all supremely brilliant, gorgeous, and widely loved.