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[quote=Anonymous]Mine is a great writer and hated these.  Hates talking about herself. Thinks all of these essays sound braggy or faux humble and totally cringe.  I have no idea what she wrote as she felt it was even more cringe to share them with mom.  She’s at a top school and doing great but I think she would say these are the worse things she ever wrote.

Schools would do better to ask kids to write about a good book. Or write about a political or historical event.  Or anything other than write about yourself or about this school.

I’m always tempted with these self reflective essays to echo Dostoevsky:  “ am a sick man.  I am a spiteful man.  I am an unpleasant man.  I think something is not right with my liver.”  At least that’s more interesting than the typical variation on I am a self motivated student who loves learning.  Once I encountered a challenge.  This is how I deal with that challenge and emerged a more self motivate student who loves learning even more and would be a perfect fit your school which I understand to be full of students who love learning. [/quote]

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