50 Successful Harvard Application Essays: What Worked For Them Can Help You Get Into The College Of Your Choice Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
With talented applicants coming from the top high schools in the country as well as the pressure to succeed from family and friends, it's no wonder that writing college application essays is one of the most stressful times for high schoolers like you. Add in how hard it is to get started or brag about your accomplishments or order your stories for maximum effect, and it becomes obvious why this is no easy task.To help, this completely new edition of 50 Successful Harvard Application Essays gives you the most inspiring approaches, both conventional and creative, that won over admissions officers at Harvard University, one of the nation's top ranked colleges. From chronicling personal achievements to detailing unique talents, the topics covered with these essays will open you up to new possibilities and techniques for putting your best foot forward.Each essay in this collection is from a Harvard student who made the cut and is followed by analysis by the staff of The Harvard Crimson where strengths and weakness are detailed to show you how you can approach your stories and ultimately write your own winning essay. It teaches you how to: * Get started* Stand out* Structure the best possible essay* Avoid common pitfalls50 Successful Harvard Application Essays' all-new examples and straightforward advice make it the first stop for applicants who are looking to craft a clear, passionate, and, above all else, persuasive application essays that'll get you accepted to the school of your dreams.
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 4 edition (July 8, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1250048052
ISBN-13: 978-1250048059
Product Dimensions: 4 x 0.7 x 7.2 inches
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These essays really helped me write better college essays. Highly recommended for someone who does not know where to start in your application process and need some solid examples to work with. I ended up getting into UC Irvine, UCLA, and UCR.
I don't know the differences between the 3rd edition and this one but I can simply say that this book is a must for anyone writing an essay. It might not help a lot people who are completely lost, as choosing a topic should be a completely individual decision but it will help someone that already has a draft. You can see the essays, and even though some are simply hard to beat (anemia, drug-addict father) you can learn how are they structured and also learn their weakness.
Extremely useful, specially the reviews at the end of each essay. Great resource for students and counselors. I will recommend it.
This book was extremely helpful! Everyone describes a "good college essay" in a lot of ways, a lot of ways that can be difficult to interpret and even more difficult to apply. Another tool similar to this that Ive used is admitsee.com, it is very similar in that you can find the college essays of those students who were accepted to harvard and other ivys. Both excellent tools, I recommend both.
An excellent resource for writing those college application essays. It will tell you exactly what a "good college essay" is. Though I found it more helpful to read real Harvard college essays on Admitsee.com, so I could get a better sense of what kinds of essays they actually accept. Still, both are excellent resources.
As someone who really wants to go to Harvard, I found this book to be a great resource for inspiration... but limiting. There are better websites for application essay examples. This anthology of essays doesn't cover that much... but the price is right.
I give this to kids writing college essays, it is interesting to see what Harvard would choose and quite a few are well-written
Great resource that I am using to develop my own application essay to Harvard. I hope to follow up and say that I got in! :)
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