College Admissions Essays: Samples, Critiques, and Writing Tips
Here you'll learn strategies for writing stellar college admissions essays, and you'll find critiques of sample essays.
The 6 Personal Essay Options on the Common Application
This list helps you learn the ins and outs of each of the personal essay options the Common Application.
This list helps you learn the ins and outs of each of the personal essay options the Common Application.
College Admission Essay - Eating Eyeballs
Read Lora's essay, a critique of the essay, and the results of her college search.
Read Lora's essay, a critique of the essay, and the results of her college search.
Sample College Admission Essay - The Allegany County Youth Board
A sample college admission essay written for the Common Application by a student applying to several highly selective colleges. Here you'll find the essay, a critique of the essay, and the results of the student's college application process.
A sample college admission essay written for the Common Application by a student applying to several highly selective colleges. Here you'll find the essay, a critique of the essay, and the results of the student's college application process.
Essay Essentials
Nearly every college rates the essay as either important or very important in their admissions process. A poorly executed essay can cause a stellar student to get rejected, while an exceptional essay can help a student with marginal scores get accepted. These tips will help you avoid some of the pitfalls of the admissions essay.
Nearly every college rates the essay as either important or very important in their admissions process. A poorly executed essay can cause a stellar student to get rejected, while an exceptional essay can help a student with marginal scores get accepted. These tips will help you avoid some of the pitfalls of the admissions essay.
Got Milk? A Quirky Admissions Essay
High school senior Courtney Duffy chose an unusual focus for her admissions essay: milk. Note how her essay carefully navigates the thin line between being serious and ridiculous. The essay is certainly unusual, but we learn enough about Courtney's passions and interests to prevent the essay from seeming flippant or superficial. Courtney got into her first-choice college: Trinity in Connecticut.
High school senior Courtney Duffy chose an unusual focus for her admissions essay: milk. Note how her essay carefully navigates the thin line between being serious and ridiculous. The essay is certainly unusual, but we learn enough about Courtney's passions and interests to prevent the essay from seeming flippant or superficial. Courtney got into her first-choice college: Trinity in Connecticut.
Sample Admissions Essays from College Confidential
College Confidential gives us three sample essays and admissions outcomes.
College Confidential gives us three sample essays and admissions outcomes.
Sample College Essay from College Board
This essay from College Board fails to shine.
This essay from College Board fails to shine.
Choosing an Admissions Essay Topic
Some advice on choosing a topic for your college admissions essay.
Some advice on choosing a topic for your college admissions essay.