Uniqueness of "Why College X" Essays

intparent
Thu, 26 May 2016 16:34:53 +0000

Obviously, your Why essay is probably not going to be super unique seeing as admission officers have read hundreds of thousands of essays.

You know, I think for the most part my kids DID have unique “Why X” essays. One kid liked that you could get involved in bee keeping in the campus small farm – in combination with a fencing club and being strong in sending kids to grad school in her specific major. Also a quiz competition that is held on campus yearly appealed to her. She also mentioned the great Thai restaurant near campus. I am guessing they didn’t see that combo of interests from any other kid. What they want is to see that you took the time to dig into what the college has to offer. If they could take your essay and apply it to the college down the street – well, that is not good.