by Julia H. Jackson
Sometimes the simplest questions provoke the most complicated answers. When applying for college, you will be asked to write an essay that distills your personality into a few short paragraphs. Just how do you define yourself to an admissions advisor without appearing like just another one of the thousands of other applicants out there? In this, our last installment of Write Like You Mean It, we’ll pick apart a few application prompts and show you how to craft a unique personal statement essay.
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Congratulations to the top 5 essays entered into Eduify’s Wunderkind College Admissions Essay or Personal Statement Contest. Thousands of votes came in for the college admissions essays or personal statement entered in the contest. These are great examples of stellar college admissions essays. The top five essays include Essays from students successfully admitted to Princeton University, University of California – San Diego, Cal Poly, University of Illinois, Siena College. The authors of three of these essays will be awarded prizes.
Best Quote: “You’re clearly wrong, the United States Healthcare system is fundamentally flawed, we need to transition to a more affordable system such as that of France…”
Best Quote: “I look back and see that four years of high school flew by so fast it seems like a blur to me.”
Best Quote: “I use my diversity to help broaden preconceived notions and to erase these stereotypes. I tell people that my ethnicity is not unlike a scoop of Neapolitan ice cream. It’s a nice picture. Each flavor representing one of my races, joined together in single scoop.”
Best Quote: “As I felt his no-longer-beating heart through the veil of flesh stretched over his sundered ribcage, I realized something. I realized that after all the classes, after all the exams, after all the studying, studying, studying, there was something more. Something I could never hope to grasp unless I broke free from the cycle of facts and figures. I realized that there was life. Real life.”
Opening Quote: “Katie, wake up!” “Dad, we need to call Sam; there’s something wrong with her. There’s something wrong!”
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