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[quote=Anonymous]I speak mainly from experience reading friends’ essays for business school, not undergrad. I attended a top 5 undergrad and also a top MBA. During my MBA, I had several friends and former coworkers (maybe a dozen people), all extremely smart people who went to fantastic colleges, ask me to read their essays since I had been successful. I remember being shocked - literally shocked- by how boring they all were. I’m a decent-to-strong writer at best, def not a great one, but the admissions director at my b-school found me and pulled me aside at orientation to tell me that she really loved my essay. I think what was missing from all my friends’ essays was authenticity. You can get all the editing you want from consultants and parents but if they kid has nothing original they truly want to say, that shines through. I think maybe 10% of essays are memorable. Maybe less.[/quote]
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