<p>Yes, but they are fairly hard questions (they don't leave much room to elaborate IMO)</p>
<p>and you only get 500 words! I still have 86 words to get rid of!!!</p>
<p>yesh I hates them >.<</p>
<p>Haha, steph107, thanks. I hope they're memorable for the right reasons. I had my parents read my Deerfield essay and my mom said I might have been coming across a little too strong... not in an arrogant way but just putting myself forward a little too much.</p>
<p>It was really funny last night because I had this giant burst of inspiration, the kind of thing that I didn't even think existed... and I came up with this insane analogy having to do with what one can see in the eyes of a dying animal... it was going to be so high-impact and beautiful... and now that the burst is over I have absolutely no idea how I can possibly integrate it into any of Andover's essays, let alone number one!</p>
<p>Agh, the pains of artistry ;-)
What I'd give to just have to talk about myself again as I did with Deerfield's essay...</p>
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<p>my essays on the sats was extremely horrible. the first one i basically freaked out, even though i knew 6 months earlier that it would be 20 min and the second time i wrote some bland explanation. my common app essay is totally different in that its more like a dialogue than an essay. so, will they be suspicious that i ripped off of someone, even though i just simply wrote spilling thoughts one night?</p>
<p>hah.. totally cc noob. i dont know how to quote. "-_-</p>
<p>oh, thanks! (:</p>
<p>Haha, reminds me of my MySpace days - needing knowledge of coding to use a social networking site. MySpace - thinking back on it, what a terrible attempt at a social networking service! Facebook kicks it in the face</p>
<p>anyway, the admissions wouldn't think that i'm ripping off of from someone right?</p>
<p>I don't think so. The SSAT essay is only a glimpse of how your writing MIGHT be like, and anyways it's under HUGE pressure in such a small time frame and surely boarding schools understand that writing isn't everybody's strong point. :P</p>
<p>& I'm totally crappy at writing essays under pressure too, so don't worry! I'm sure others are similar, too. :></p>
<p>I think they expect the SSAT essay to be worse than your application essay, but they just want to see if you're cheating. </p>
<p>Ex: SSAT: The sky is blue therreeefore I think that purple would equal green.</p>
<p>App: I've always wished to be an apple. I don't know why but apples seem to mirror human existence in a way. As we are both stuck in the same fatalistic world... etc.</p>
<p>haha.. i'm so silly.
ok</p>
<p>i was searching for a post and i saw this in the result list and out of curiousity, i clicked on it. i didnt realize that it was under the catagory prep school. i thought it was college apps. hah. -.-"</p>
<p>well, same question, but with college app, they wouldnt think i cheated right?</p>
<p>whheex, i don't think that they would... </p>
<p>hey are you writing the essays casually??? or sounding all snobby like a know-it-all?</p>
<p>Hey, sorry if this is slightly off topic, but it is about my essay. Is this sentence grammatically correct or should it be "... and capitalists and communists..." or something?</p>
<p>"When the harmonic connection is made, then small-town and inner-city kids, Christians and Muslims, Democrats and Republicans, capitalists and communists can truly learn from and appreciate one another."</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Haha, and I think you missed a comma.</p>
<p>I am writing casual essays, that really sound like me. Here's a sample...</p>
<p>"The baton was making its way around the track for the fourth time, and from head to toe I was a wreck. My feet were dancing up and down in a desperate attempt to stay warm in the late April dampness, and my stomach had a strange mixture of sickly butterflies and that day's lunch."</p>
<p>It's about the first time I ran the 4x800 meter relay, my first year of varsity track. My coach had taken me aside and told me he trusted me to do the work I had to, and it meant sooo much to me- I had to write about it. There was no other topic for me.</p>
<p>Does anyone know whether one must stay within the word limits for the essays. For example, if the aplication says that the essay may not exceed 400 words and it is 450 words, does that matter or are they willing to provide some wiggle room on this. Thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>If the school meant 450 words they would have said 450 words. It really shows one's ability to follow directions. After all, they wouldn't want kids that could follow the rules. Personally, I think if it's a couple of words over, than it's not a big deal, but fifty over is quite a lot.</p>
<p>50 is 2-3 well written sentences....not a biggy. I would try to cut at least one sentence in.</p>