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College Presidents Tackle Admissions Essays

In a Wall Street Journal article (Education, 5/6/09,Gamerman) presidents of the top 10 universities and colleges struggled with a task that tortures high-school seniors around the country every year: writing the college admissions essay. The presidents were asked to write an essay based on their own school’s application. 

 

The rules were simple.  The essays were not to exceed 500 words (though most did), and completed without professional assistance. Friends and family could advise but not rewrite. The WSJ selected the question from each application, so presidents wouldn't pick the easy ones. They had about three weeks to write their essays.

 

The exercise showed just how challenging it is to write a college essay that stands out from the pack, yet doesn't sound overly self-promotional or phony. Even some presidents say they grappled with the challenge and had second thoughts about the topics they chose.

 

Schools represented included Bernard College, Carleton College, Grinnell College, Oberlin College, Pomona College, Reed College, U of Chicago, U of Pennsylvania, Vassar College, and Wesleyan College.

 

While the Preseidents of prestigous universities struggled with their own school’s essays, you don’t have to go it alone.  Race to College Success offers both essay writing workshops and essay revision assistance.  While we don’t write the essay for you, we make it as painless as possible.  Check out www.racetocollegesuccess.com for more details.

 

Janelle Jalbert

May 2009

 

Janelle Jalbert is the founder of Edusistance, a company assisting in education and business.  Currently, Janelle is heading the “Race to College Success” program to assist students with a variety of college issues including: college preparation, college admissions, general education concerns such as SAT, ACT, and other test prep, college options, college majors, financial aid, scholarships, career planning, portfolio and resume development, essay writing, and such.  Visit www.racetocollegesuccess.com for details.  You can also follow Janelle and Race to College Success on Twitter (RacetoCollege) Facebook (RacetoCollegeSuccess), and MySpace (Race to College Success).