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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had no involvement in my kid's essays, though I did read the Common App one before it went in.  I thought it was solid, and reflected both his voice and who he was, but it wasn't amazing.

His admissions results were not as good as I would have expected going into the process given his basic academic qualifications (3.98 GPA/4.53 wGPA, 35 ACT) and solid EC profile), though he's ended up in a good situation.

I don't know whether a better essay would have helped, but it might have.[/quote]

Of course a better essay would have helped at the most selective schools for one with solid ECs, a 35 ACT score, and a near perfect GPA.

Essays are on college applications for several reasons--one of which is to gauge interest for non-ED applicants with outstanding qualifications.[/quote]

No it wouldn’t have helped.  [/quote]

If it was bad then a good one would have helped.  Competitive schools read them.  They have 5 or 6 kids equally qualified for each slot.  They matter.  If your kids was fine but not outstanding -- not sure it would matter.[/quote]

The poster didn’t say it was “bad.”  She said she thought it was “solid but not amazing.”   There’s not way that that kid with those stats was turned down by UVA especially for not having an “amazing” essay.  There was something else at play. [/quote]

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