What exactly are individual top colleges looking for?

epiphany
Sat, 10 Jun 2017 12:25:36 +0000

THIS:

I think the answer might be is that they know what they’re looking for when they find it.

Inductive, not deductive.

And inasmuch as essays help with the process of recognition, they are important. Otherwise, too much is made out of essays as stand-alone elements of an application. There’s way too much mythology out there about the power of essays. They’re important when they credibly help with recognition.