UF Admissions Essay

ADad
Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:58:48 +0000

I agree with halcyonheather. Ideally, your essay will show that failure makes us better people so well that the reader comes of her own accord to this idea. That is persuasive. A platitude might be true, but it won’t be persuasive or set you apart from other applicants.

There is excellent advice here:

[University of Virginia Piece on College Essays | Fredrik deBoer](http://fredrikdeboer.com/2012/07/25/university-of-virginia-piece-on-college-essays/)