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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These are ridiculous.

What are admissions offices looking for? How much genuine interest can a 17 year old have for a school they’ve only seen on a virtual tour and clicked around online to look at classes, professors, sports? What truly is there to say that would make such an essay stand out?

Unless you know the school personally because someone you know well went/goes there, or the schools has a highly specialized program in a particular area or in interest, what could a child honestly say about why College [Name]? 
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+1. I think it’s ridiculous as well. And I have a kid who threw stuff against  the wall and will see what sticks. I think the parents who are like - they need to research and know exactly what they want out of college at age 17 have drunk the kool aid and are doing the schools’ work for them! The schools are laughing all the way to the bank. The only exception might be if you have a kid who has known since childhood what they love and want to study and know they want to study X at Y university. But the vast majority of kids are not like that and shouldn’t be forced to pretend. [/quote]

It's not a matter of knowing what you want to major in...some kids do know that but most don't. But just saying "I want to go to U Chicago because Chicago is a great city and U Chicago has a lot of great programs" isn't going to cut it.[/quote]

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