Essay Samples
In basketball If you are trying to improve your crossover you watch videos of Kyrie Irving. If you are trying to make your jump shot more pure, you watch videos of Kyle Korver. You then practice what you saw...over and over again.
People get better at things when they immerse themselves and read, watch, and learn from the best. Writing is no different. Below are a series of links and uploads of essays that "work" and have succeeded in entry into highly selective colleges. Reading successful essays and reflecting over what you liked in them will go far in helping you craft an essay that stands out.
Johns Hopkins: Essays That Worked: link
Hamilton College: Essays That Worked: link
Tufts: Past Essays That Mattered: link
Connecticut College: Essays That Worked: link
People get better at things when they immerse themselves and read, watch, and learn from the best. Writing is no different. Below are a series of links and uploads of essays that "work" and have succeeded in entry into highly selective colleges. Reading successful essays and reflecting over what you liked in them will go far in helping you craft an essay that stands out.
Johns Hopkins: Essays That Worked: link
Hamilton College: Essays That Worked: link
Tufts: Past Essays That Mattered: link
Connecticut College: Essays That Worked: link