Top Ten Application Essay Tips New York NY

Top Ten Application Essay Tips

Unlike every other aspect of the application, you control your essay. Make sure that the glimpse you give the admission committee into your character, background, and writing ability is the very best possible.

Keep these key application essay tips in mind as you write:

1. Don't ""thesaurus-ize"" your essay. Do use your own voice.
Admission officers can tell Roget from a high school senior. Big words, especially when misused, detract from the essay, inappropriately drawing the reader's attention and making the essay sound contrived.

Before: Although I did a plethora of activities in high school, my assiduous efforts enabled me to succeed.

After: Although I juggled many activities in high school, I succeeded through persistent work.

2. Don't bore the reader. Do be interesting.
Admission officers have to read hundreds of essays, and they must often skim. They’re not looking for a new way to view the world; they're looking for a new way to view you, the applicant. When writing your application essay, you don't want it to blend in with all the others.

Before: The college admission and selection process is a very important one, perhaps one that will have the greatest impact on one's future. The college that a person will go to often influences his personality, views, and career.

After: An outside observer would have called the scene ridiculous: a respectable physician holding the...

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