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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I knew I shouldn’t have read this thread because it was going to nauseate me.  And it has.

Your kids didn’t get into college because of or in spite of their essays, and none of you - even those of you who claim to write stuff that the rest of us are reading - in an admissions expert so you don’t know squat regardless of what your profession is.

My kids’ essays were very average and were still very average after I edited them - substantially, for one or two of the kids.  It made no difference.  They all got into top ranked colleges because they had the goods that really matter.  [/quote]

You are rude and also wrong. Poster aren't saying an essay can compensate for poor stats. But an excellent essay can make the difference when the admissions officer only has a few seats to fill among a slew of qualified candidates. Some large universities don't care as much about essays, since they have large freshmen classes and not enough time to parse thousands of essays. Small selective colleges do take the time to read them because they don't have a lot of spots to fill and want to make sure they have the incoming class they want in terms of diversity of outlook.

So... you're a moron.

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