There Is No Luck In Admissions

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Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:24:16 +0000

@tomjonesistheman: I think you’re overthinking this idea of “focus” and “passion” in EC’s. Honestly, look at the admit threads for the top colleges, and you’ll see plenty of admits who have a seemingly scattered variety of interests. What you can do to distinguish yourself is to write strong essays that draw upon who you really are, and chances are, if a school accepts you, they like the person you are. I’ve noticed on CC that posters who seem to have a personality, even in these trivial forum posts we read, tend to be ones posting stories of their acceptances. It’s clich