Below you will find essays collected from successful students.
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| Common Application Essay: Life Worth Living |
Common Application Essay submitted during the 2008 Cycle. Speaks of eye opening experience with an autistic sibling. |
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| Julia Goodwin |
Tennessee Teacher of the year Nomination for my Creative Writing and AP English teacher. |
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| College Admissions Essay- Immigrant |
This essay touches on the American Dream from the perspective of an immigrant. |
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| College Admissions Essay- Piano |
Short, yet powerful, this essay shows great mastery of writing while highlighting a passion for music. |
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| College Admissions Essay- Kurt & Me |
Excerpt " We stand by each other as author and reader. Vonnegut and his influences will forever be a part of me. I will be kind, I will respect my own writing, and I will dream. These I will wear as a wedding band, a symbol of permanence. " |
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| College Essay: Me, She, Her...Meredith |
Excerpt-"She is the tutor, the aspiring doctor, the perfectionist whose hands shake when public speaking. I am the pianist, the one who fills journals with unspoken words, and the one who starts philosophical arguments over the dinner table" |
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| College Admissions Essay- Got Milk |
A high school senior gains entry into her first choice college with an unorthodox essay Excerpt -"I can track my entire life through milk. My liquid love has been with me since Day One." |
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| College Admissions Essay- The Farm |
Excerpt- "Each year, a new group of men would arrive, mostly Guatemalan or Mexican. I value what I have learned from them. Julio, for instance, showed me how to weed without ruining my back..." |
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| Robert C. Byrd Scholarship |
Excerpt-" I had finished the project in time; pride, that I had completed such a monstrous effort; exhaustion, that I had spent so much time and energy on my research; and even a bit of sadness, that I no longer had that as a focus in my life. It was a taxing experience, and many times I considered dropping the research so I could focus on grades and other activities" |
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| Choosing an Essay Topic |
Great primer for those beginning to think about college essays. |
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