college-admissions-essays

Ernest Hemingway, who shot at German soldiers and wild lions on the regular, was onto something with his short, aggressive sentences.

There's power in brevity.

Simple, declarative...

Whoosh! Reading this essay was like getting in the way-back machine! I remember answering this same prompt for my common app schools back in the...

Essay Prompt: A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the...

“Are you okay, Ngozi? Just drop the Starbursts, and walk away.”

“Huh? I-I-I d-don’t know wh-what you’re t-t-talking about,” I stammered as my right eye...

Decisions are the worst!

Sparkler Angela sent us two essays she’s deciding between: one about cats—are they good or evil, friend or foe, smart or incredibly,...

Sparkler confuzzledmuggle wrote this essay for the common college application, and elected the "choose your own topic" topic. This itself is a brave...