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[quote=Anonymous]This American Life had a story a few weeks ago about "How I got Into College" that started with an interview with an admissions officer. Might be worth listening to about the similarities in the essays they get. I wrote my undergrad essays trying to inspiring and heartfelt and they were total BS and I didn't get into several of my top choices for undergrad, even though my scores and grades were very high. For grad school, I was much more honest and more "myself" instead of trying to impress anyone and I got into more of my top choices. I think you should tell your kids to be interesting and be themselves, but don't try to be "inspiring" bc it will sound like BS. One of my best friends wrote her college essays about her football obsessed southern high school and got into an Ivy with it. [/quote]
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