Not sure how to tackle the scariest part of your college application—the personal essays? Get a little inspiration from real-life examples of successful essays that scored! In College Essays that Made a Difference, 5th Edition, you’ll find: * 114 real essays written by 90 unique college hopefuls applying to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, MIT, and other top schools—along with each applicant’s test scores, GPA, demographic information, and where they ultimately got in * A special section with writing tips and the most common grammatical mistakes that students make on their essays * Insider advice from with admissions pros at Amherst College, Cooper Union, Deep Springs College, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Macalester College, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, University of Virginia, Yale University, and more
This fifth edition includes application essays written by students who enrolled at the following colleges: Amherst College Bard College Barnard College Boston College Brown University Bryn Mawr College California Institute of Technology Claremont McKenna College Cornell University Dartmouth College Duke University Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Georgetown University Harvard College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Middlebury College New College of Florida New York University Northwestern University Pomona College Princeton University Rice University Smith College Stanford University Swarthmore College University of California—San Diego University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania Washington and Lee University Wellesley College Wesleyan University Yale University
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The Princeton Review (TPR) is an American-based standardized test preparation and admissions consulting company. The Princeton Review operates in 41 states and 22 countries across the globe. It offers test preparation for standardized aptitude tests such as the SAT and advice regarding college admissions, and publishes books with Random House. Approximately 70% of the company's revenue comes from test preparation.The company was founded in 1981 by John Katzman, after graduating from Princeton University, and was originally based in New York City. It moved to and is now based in Framingham, Massachusetts in 2008/2009 coinciding with John Katzman's stepping down as CEO in September 2008 after a six-month sabbatical. It is not affiliated with Princeton University or the Educational Testing Service.
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