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The Largest Collection of Successful College Application Essays Available in One Volume

These are the essays that helped their authors gain admission to Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Wellesley, Pomona, and other outstanding schools—followed by invaluable comments by experts in admissions, placement, and college counseling at some of the best learning institutions around the country. This helpful guide includes:

• 100 complete essays with professional commentary
• Examples of essays on common topics (family background, athletics, work experience), as well as the more offbeat
• Essays on the immigrant experience by foreign-born students
• A section of drawing and cartoon essays
• Insider advice from a Princeton Dean of Admission
• And more

Compiled by members of The Harvard Independent, the weekly newsmagazine of Harvard University, this revised and updated edition is an invaluable resource for students who want to write the best possible essay—and improve their chances of admission to the best possible school.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley; 3rd ed. edition (July 3, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0451417615
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451417619
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.66 x 7.91 inches
Reviewer: Mukundagiri Sadagopan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This is an excellent reference book for high school students who are planning ...
Review: This is an excellent reference book for high school students who are planning to apply for colleges (especially the exclusive / Ivy League schools), their parents and teachers. The essays are of great variety, including a range of topics, levels of writing ability, and far-flung backgrounds of students who wrote the essays. Often, students confronting the college essay task have this problem: "Can't think of anything to write about!". My suggestion to them is: browse through these essays, contemplate on how some of the essays may apply to your own situation. Then adapt a combination of styles and approaches, and jot down points for your own essay. That would provide some clues on: how get started, where to begin, what to write about and even, when to start preparing for the College Admission Essay task. Even for the general reader, the essays make for good - thought provoking, funny, relaxing - casual reading. The book is worth the price many times over.

Reviewer: John Miller
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great
Review: Great

Reviewer: Siddissie
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good
Review: It was nice but their could have been a little more diversity in stories since many of them seemed alike. Overall, good.

Reviewer: Daniel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: Provides excellent insight and guidance on how to craft a personal story.

Reviewer: Kat
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: 3 Star
Review: This book was a wonderful place to gain insight on essays that get applicants accepted, but it would be valuable to see a more comprehensive look on these selected students in order to understand the full picture. It is a good piece of literature to reference when crafting ones personal essays and statements, but for other application questions or advice, you may need to look further. I found the site AdmitSee.com to be helpful in all things application related- from personal profiles to success stories of accepted essays and applications.

Reviewer: Brenda Lee Norman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Superior book everyone should own one
Review: Superior book everyone should own one

Reviewer: Gabriele Oliaro
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Big collection, but essays are a little weird
Review: I remember reading this book when applying to college. The collection of essays is quite vast, compared to other books. The essays are not too varied, though, at least in terms of style. Several of them just sound a little bit weird or stereotypical.

Reviewer: Mel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: great buy
Review: Came as described, when promised, for cheaper than the bookstore price

Reviewer: Eyal Reingold
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: The introduction to this book is worth-it alone. It provides insight on how to approach essay writing which I found very inspiring, and helped me get started. The actual essays are separated by category which I really enjoyed. If you're interested in reading examples and getting a little inspiration, you would enjoy this book. I don't think it is entirely necessary to write a successful essay though.

Reviewer: Shamsher Singh
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Excellent book.worth buying.good and competitive essays.

Reviewer: Banky
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: My son who I bought it for says its very good and helpful to him

Reviewer: Dipitybay
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Covers a very wide range of essays, well written