<p>One of my favorite admissions quotes is from a book called What You Don’t Know Can Keep You Out Of College by Don Dunbar.</p>
<p>“If the admissions office door has four locks on it, the first two keys are test scores and school record, and the third is special talent or some other accomplishment or quality. What is the fourth key? It’s “character.” An old fashioned word, it means the way you develop your inner qualities: intellectual passion, maturity, social conscience, concern for community, tolerance, inclusiveness.”</p>
<p>There are many ways to find and define success. If you can define it for yourself, and write about it by ‘showing, not telling’ you will have created a powerful essay that will let the reader see into your soul. It’s not easy, but the writing process never is!</p>