Uniqueness of "Why College X" Essays

TomSrOfBoston
Thu, 26 May 2016 16:38:01 +0000

The Boston University admissions website used to have examples of bad essays posted. One applicant wrote an eloquent essay to answer “Why BU” in which he extolled the values of a Jesuit education. Boston University is secular, Boston College is the Jesuit school. The adcom did call the rejected applicant to inform him of his mistake.