50 Essays that Helped Students
Get into the Nation's Top Colleges
Edited by Boykin Curry, Brian Kasbar, & Emily Angel Baer
176 pages (paperback)
ISBN: 0345452178
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The competition to get into college has become as intense as the stress caused by the dreaded application process—and the most feared part of that process is no doubt the personal essay. Just how in the world can you sum up your entire life, a winning personality, and a commitment to higher learning—in one essay?

As you will discover in Essays That Worked, there is no such thing as a "right"or "wrong"essay. One student writes about Oreo cookies. Another writes about her thumb-sucking. And a third about the death of her father. From the thousands submitted to colleges each year, the essays in this book were named some of the best by admissions officers at the nation’s top colleges. Some of the pieces are serious, some are offbeat, but each essay reveals a special insight into the student’s personality—an insight that grades and test scores can’t reveal.

With 50 great essays and pithy advice from admissions officers and experts, this book has been the most popular college essay advice book available since 1986. It was the first book of its kind, and, recently revised and updated, it’s still the best. Essays That Worked will relieve your essay anxiety and be a catalyst for your creativity. Don’t apply to college without it!

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