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Release Date: Oct 1 2002
The largest collection of successful college application essays available in one volume.

These are the essays that helped their authors gain admission to Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Wellesley, Colby, and other outstanding schools—followed by invaluable comments by experts in admissions, placement, and college counseling at some of the best learning institutions around the country. This helpful guide includes:

100 complete essays with professional commentary

Examples of essays on common topics (family background, athletics, work experience), as well as the more offbeat

Essays on the immigrant experience by foreign-born students

A section of drawing and cartoon essays

Insider advice from a Princeton dean of admissions

A “What Not to Do” chapter from a top college counselor

And more

Compiled by members from The Harvard Independent, the weekly newsmagazine of Harvard University, this is an invaluable resource for students who want to write the best possible essay—and improve their chances of admission to the best possible school.

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The essay is the one part of the college application that allows an admissions committee to get a glimpse not only of what you are (grades, scores, club member), but of who you are. "Applicants are constantly advised to 'put their best foot forward,'" says Fred Hargadon, the dean of admissions at Princeton University and a contributor to this book. "But I must confess that I always liked the ones who put both feet forward." That doesn't mean that your essay needs to shock. It means you must put everything you've got into it. It means that "if you think the college might receive even one other essay like yours," according to Brooks School college counselor William K. Poirot, "rewrite it."

The bulk of this book, as its title promises, comprises 100 examples of successful college-application essays. There are those who believe that reading essays will make you a better essay writer and those who don't. But reading these essays--and the experts' comments on them--will help you figure out what you want to write and how best to write it. From the essays included here, one surmises that the narrower your focus, the more effective the essay, as long as your narrowness doesn't cross over into insignificance. What matters most is not what you write about (these essays take on late-night TV game shows, self-induced baldness, the picture on a bag of Goldfish crackers, a family drive on the New Jersey Turnpike, and even a seven-inch plastic Godzilla), but what you do with your subject matter. --Jane Steinberg --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Grade 10-12-- College application essays are serious business, and this book helps to make writing them a less formidible task. Good general advice to the applicants is supplied in the introduction by admission officers from prestigious colleges. This includes practical tips such as "What Not To Do . . .and Why." The body of the book consists of the essays themselves--as varied as the students who submitted them. The essays are arranged by topic; general categories include applying to college, self-portraits, family, death, and coming to America. Most are followed by comments about why the essay was selected. This is an excellent book to include in any library that serves young adults. If nothing else, they will garner the courage to begin the task ahead of them--writing a successful college application essay themselves. --Dorothy L. Lilly, Grosse Pointe North High School, Mich.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars BUY THIS BOOK! April 26 2004
By SC
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Before I bought this book I thought my essay was pretty good until I bought this book. Then I knew that I could make my essay even better just by just following the essays in the book. I didn't even think I needed to get a guide book for my essay because I thought it was pretty good already without help from an essay book. But apparently this book worked really good because I did not get deferred from college! I got into my first choice just by using this book and I recommend it to anyone even to those who do not think they need a guide book for their essays because they think their essays are already pretty good like I thought mine was.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Feb 19 2004
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This book is simply amazing. Thanks to this book, I'm now studying neurology at Harvard. As a matter of fact, I'm in my room and I decided to look for things that would bring back pre-college memories when I came across this one. It helped me a lot with my essay and I know some of the people that wrote it. They are pretty good at what they do. If you want to get into a good college and hate looking at that blank piece of paper, then this is the book for you.
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1.0 out of 5 stars uninventive and most unhelpful Feb 10 2004
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There are a few gems here, but for the most part, these essays are the same well-written but dry, uninventive slop every other high school senior dribbles out: how the abroad student haf a Life Changing Experience! how an athlete Crossed the Finish Line! how when pet Fluffly croaked it was a Formative Experience! If you really want insight into how to write a well-crafted, unique essay, with sounds suggestions, seek out the great book by Harry Bauld.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Varied College Essays
I purchased 3 College Essay books (100 Successful College Application Essays, 50 Successful Harvard Application Essays, and Essays That Worked), and have the following comments... Read more
Published on Mar 28 2001 by W. Fritz
5.0 out of 5 stars the underground advice
Nothing works better than teaching by example. Here you haveessays that worked and by studying them all (in content and style) youcan let your natural voice shine out...
Published on July 16 2000 by Jimmy
2.0 out of 5 stars Reality
This book has lots of college essays that could be used for reference when writing an college essay. Read more
Published on Jun 3 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars Help for the dazed and confused
Most high school seniors enter the academic year without any clue as to what colleges they want to go to, let alone how to get accepted to those schools. Read more
Published on April 28 2000 by Will Bullock
3.0 out of 5 stars Great for Ivy League School Admissions
This book starts off with informative advice from Admissions counselors. The book, however, did not focus on admissions to average Graduate Schools. Read more
Published on Oct 28 1999 by Dionne R. Vann (dvann30@aol.com)
5.0 out of 5 stars For students applying to college, this book is a must read.
There are many books devoted to the "How to write a college admissions essay" topic, but after all these years this book continues to top our list (along with our very... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars a sure help
the woderful essays inspire you to write your own!!! comments from admission officers help a lot and show that one essay can be viewd very differently
Published on Oct 9 1998
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent compilation of essays
I read this book at my career counsellor's office. It was indeed a wonderful book, I tried to order it but I could'nt get it as the online ordering facility was not working. Read more
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