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[quote=Anonymous]In college, I worked as a student reader of admissions essays (I would give an initial review and admissions officer would reread). The biggest mistake I would see is applicants not selling themselves. The essays are like job interview questions - to allow the applicant to give examples that provide insight into the student. The goal is for the reader to like the student and want to learn more about them. A lot of essays were repeats of the applicant's activities ("I spend 10 hours a week at a food bank packing food and distributing the packages" or "I have played soccer for 12 years"). Those are great starting points for essays, and I would sometimes see amazing segues that I can still remember (like a student who wrote about how she wanted to bend (curve) the soccer ball so she researched the physics of it and talked to players of different countries/ages/skill levels about their techniques).[/quote]
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