[College Admissions] Essay

Just write and interesting story or anecdote that relates back to the core of the question in an interesting, unique way. The essay will likely be one of the last things that will determine whether you get accepted or not.

 

words of wisdom: Lie. Make up stuff. It does wonders.

 

what's the prompt?

 

I wrote about making my funeral a roast and it got me into Duke.

 

Don't make the same mistakes that I did. Lie.

LIE THROUGH YOUR ****ING TEETH, just make it sound believable.

There are only like 200 interesting high school students in the entire damn country but they expect everyone's essay to be a masterpiece of human growth and drama. I wish I hadn't tried to be honest...

 

Be interesting and hilarious. It doesn't matter if you don't follow a formulaic essay structure. In fact, it's better if you don't. Be unique and offbeat.

 

lawl.

 

You need to say something or this poor kid might think you're serious.

 

thanks for ruining his admissions chances buddy!

 

My law school essay was a work of genius, but my college essay was interesting enough to get me into a good school and get me $$$$$.

If you provide a prompt or something, that would allow us to give you a bit more insight into things.

 

Try to be a bit different. Why are you different than the thousands of other people applying? Make yourself stand out. Examples of bucking the establishment are always good. I wrote about publishing an underground lit magazine in high school to piss off the creative writing teacher.

I have to post my all time favorite college entrance essay, written by Hugh Gallagher, who was admitted to NYU.

Essay: In order for the admissions staff of our college to get to know you, the applicant

I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row.

I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru.

Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge.

I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer, I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat .400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me.

I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of physics do not apply to me.

I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago, I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven. I breed prizewinning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis.

But I have not yet gone to college.

 

Haha my English teacher went over this exact essay when we were discussing college essays today in class. It's pretty unique but I would have never thought of writing like that.

 

I had a friend wrote about the movie Fight Club for his admission essay and he got accepted at Stanford. Think outside of the box.

 

I would write the essay how Rocket River writes his posts. Now that will get you into Harvard.

 

Just do your thing. I wrote this sample really informal/amusing essay about my favorite word (enthrall) in 11th grade english class that I ended up modifying a bit and using for my UVA application.

A few of my friends thought it was funny and all, but didn't think it was college app material, thought it was too playful and nonchalant. I got my 12th grade AP English Lit teacher to read over it senior year and she thought it was unique and showed my persona and encouraged me to submit it.

I ended up submitting it after some minor editing and I got into UVA. Probably not because of that essay, but I mean it obviously didn't hurt, I think it helped.

 

Take some tips fro Albert Einstain.. he seems in tune with his grammar