The Admissions Essay

When a college or university requires an application essay, what is the admissions committee really looking for?

Many schools are now stressing the admissions essay and grades over SAT and other test results.

Offering a wide variety of proven methods, sound advice, and varied samples of successful student essays, this book dispels the mystery and dread often associated with writing an application essay and guides the student painlessly from the "stop worrying" to the "start writing" stage. More than fifty student's essays are features, classified by commonly assigned topic groups. Each is followed by an appraisal and brief commentary.

"The Admissions Essay" is the perfect book to help the college-bound student get started on that all-important entrance requirement.