College Admission Essays

My friends and I are all currently going through this painful process. I want to open a thread about it for numerous reasons. Discuss what was hard for you, what made things easier, who helped. In addition, I'm curious if there is any free online reviewing of essays anyone knows of. I found a few and posted my essay, but they were so inactive that I've been the latest post for a few days. Any writers that could give feedback via PM? Any tips guys? Give your knowledge to the rest of us who haven't gone through this process yet!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by BlueMikey

What kind of college are we talking about?

I mean, unless you are wanting a top school or are applying to schools where your grades pale in comparison to the average, or something like law or med school, these essays are more or less a test to make sure you can complete a sentence and a coherent couple of paragraphs.

Personally, I'm applying to upper-division schools, not Yale or anything, but good schools. I have heard that in some colleges the essay is quite important, not just a tie-breaker for same/similar GPA's.

P.S. BlueMikey - Brandy by Looking Glass is one of my favorite songs!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

My biggest problem is that I feel insecure about my writing as I'm sure other do as well, and it would make me much less stressed if someone would read/critique one of my short essays, or direct us to a site that will critique.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.