100 Successful College Application Essays: Third Edition

By The Harvard Independent and Anna Todd

Book Overview

The Largest Collection of Successful College Application Essays Available in One Volume These are the essays that helped their authors gain admission to Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Wellesley, Pomona, and other outstanding schools--followed by invaluable comments by experts in admissions, placement, and college counseling at some of the best learning institutions around the country. This helpful guide includes: - 100 complete essays with professional commentary - Examples of essays on common topics (family background, athletics, work experience), as well as the more offbeat - Essays on the immigrant experience by foreign-born students - A section of drawing and cartoon essays - Insider advice from a Princeton Dean of Admission - And more Compiled by members of The Harvard Independent , the weekly newsmagazine of Harvard University, this revised and updated edition is an invaluable resource for students who want to write the best possible essay--and improve their chances of admission to the best possible school.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451417615
• ISBN13: 9780451417619
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Very good

The essays are seperated into topics (eg. Applying to College, work experience, coming to america), and each include good essays. The book includes essays of the admittants to top tier colleges (Ivies), and some second tier ones. Interestingly, there are no essays from MIT! (No surprise though, considering the rivalry betwene MIT and Harvard -- the book was organized by Harvard newspaper) Overall, great book.

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Before I bought this book I thought my essay was pretty good until I bought this book. Then I knew that I could make my essay even better just by just following the essays in the book. I didn't even think I needed to get a guide book for my essay because I thought it was pretty good already without help from an essay book. But apparently this book worked really good because I did not get deferred from college! I got into my first choice just by using this book and I recommend it to anyone even to those who do not think they need a guide book for their essays because they think their essays are already pretty good like I thought mine was.BUY THIS BOOK!

For students applying to college, this book is a must read.

There are many books devoted to the "How to write a college admissions essay" topic, but after all these years this book continues to top our list (along with our very own application and essay kits).We've read almost every book remotely related the college and graduate school admissions process, and most of them will prove to be a waste of your money. This book, however, is well worth its cost.We strongly encourage all students applying to college to read this book. We know because we're the admissions essay authority.

a sure help

the woderful essays inspire you to write your own!!! comments from admission officers help a lot and show that one essay can be viewd very differently

Excellent compilation of essays

I read this book at my career counsellor's office. It was indeed a wonderful book, I tried to order it but I could'nt get it as the online ordering facility was not working. I also tried various book stores but could'nt find a copy of it.