On Writing the College Application Essay : The Key to Acceptance and the College of your Choice

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Summary: Really Helpful Book
Review: The book is short and very well written. It gives you the straight answers to a lot of admissions questions with a large focus on the essay part of the application. I'm convinced that the essay was one of the things that helped me get into Middlebury College. I'd encourage you to buy this book if you are going to be applying to college.

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Summary: Great Guide to Written Such Great Aplication Easy!
Review: The book is so great for written such a great easy that I actually GOT INTO HARVARD because I did everything he says and I got in because of it. After all I was always a really good writer but I didn't think I had need to use an guide book after all, but I read it after all and look, it really did it work!!! My good written got even better and made me get into any really great school. So if you think you don't need help you are a good writer to, you might be actually surprized by you actually IMPROVE you're all ready good stile, but try it anyway and you will actually see just how many more easys you actually CAN write...do what he says and you to actually will get into the colege of you're DREAMS! Im so excited. Thank you mr Bauld.

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Summary: Great Guide to Written Such Great Aplication Easy!
Review: This book gives an excellent and easy to read look at writing your college application essay. If you are just going to read a book and not do the exercises, this is a great choice - it doesn't have any exercises. Instead, the emphasis is on finding your own voice and telling your story. For example, he gives a list of the most overused, deadly topics and then shows how you can write a really good essay on one of the "forbidden" topics. He also includes a number of sample essays with comments from real college admissions officers - so you can see for yourself the difference between good, bad and mediocre.

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Summary: Understand essay process & write one that shows the real you
Review: This book gives an excellent and easy to read look at writing your college application essay. If you are just going to read a book and not do the exercises, this is a great choice - it doesn't have any exercises. Instead, the emphasis is on finding your own voice and telling your story. For example, he gives a list of the most overused, deadly topics and then shows how you can write a really good essay on one of the "forbidden" topics. He also includes a number of sample essays with comments from real college admissions officers - so you can see for yourself the difference between good, bad and mediocre.

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Summary: Highly informative book
Review: This book is great to aid people when they apply to major colleges. The author include tips and things that he notices, when he was/is an admissions councelor, to help people be accepted into college. The book also teaches the reader on ways the reader could prepare themselves for letters of recommendations, interviews, *essay writting*, and obvious course that students may take in high school that will appear on their transcript. Will definately aid people with college applications.

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Summary: Helpful and amusing advice on writing an original essay.
Review: This book really helped me through the college application process. I was having a hard time trying to come up with a topic that wouldn't put admission officers to sleep, and this book did exactly that. Harry Bauld worked for a university and knows what catches the eye and what doesn't. I was able to come up with a clever topic for my essay. This may sound too good to be true, but my essays, with the advice and tips on from Harry Bauld, partially helped me get a full scholarship to college. I highly recommend this book to anyone having any trouble writing essays! Good luck!

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Summary: Must have for essay writing
Review: This is a great book for all who are about to or in the midst of writing essays for college admission. It is funny, honest and insightful. I also recommend this book to anyone who needs help with writing essays for any class. The advice offered applies to all essay writing, not just college application essays. I am a teacher, and I felt that it even helped me a bit. Buy this book or see if your library has a copy. All high school students would do well to read this book.

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Summary: Must have for essay writing
Review: This is a great book for all who are about to or in the midst of writing essays for college admission. It is funny, honest and insightful. I also recommend this book to anyone who needs help with writing essays for any class. The advice offered applies to all essay writing, not just college application essays. I am a teacher, and I felt that it even helped me a bit. Buy this book or see if your library has a copy. All high school students would do well to read this book.

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Summary: Helpful, and funny, too
Review: This is a superbly-written guide to writing college application essays; one would be wise to apply the advice this book offers to everything one writes. I highly recommend this witty and informative guide to anyone going through the college application process.

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Summary: Brilliant and inspiring
Review: This is not only the best book on writing the college application essay, but one of the best books about writing, period. With amazingly fresh and funny examples throughout, it shows how bored admissions officers are by the pompous, self-congratulatory essays that students often think they're supposed to write--and how those students can do much, much better. It literally changed my daughter's life, not only because she got into the very competitive college of her choice, but because she now is a sharper, more interesting writer.