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Ideal References for Letters of Recommendation in College Admission

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

College admissions procedures sure require you to do a lot of writing. The two biggest writing tasks associated with college admissions procedures are the admissions essay and the letter of recommendation. These are crucial because they are not just credentials, they also basically give the college admissions people an idea as to what kind of [...]

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Sample college application essay: life reflection

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Question:
“You have just completed your 300 page autobiography. Please submit page 217″
My hands are clammy as I climbed up the stage. I was here at ___ University’s stage just twenty years ago, as a graduate accepting her diploma. I worked so hard in those four years in college. And I supported myself through student loans [...]

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Sample college application essay: Generational challenges

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Q:  What do you believe to be your generation’s greatest challenge?
The problems that beset our nation today are sad but familiar issues. We are at war in a foreign country. In our own land, some people have to battle hunger. At the same time, while I graduate this spring from one of the country’s best [...]

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Sample College Application essay: Finding one’s passion and vocation

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Not many people my age know what they want to be, much less know it even when they were young. I am different from my peers such that I knew ever since that I wanted to be an architect. It started with a box of Legos that was given to me as a gift. Since [...]

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