<p>pm me too please! thanks</p>
<p>Wow congrats! So which school did you pick afterall, libra?</p>
<p>Can you also PM me your essay? I am not applying to Ivies but want to see what a great essay is like!</p>
<p>In the unlikely event that someone still has libra's essay, I'd like to read it as well.</p>
<p>I would like to read it also, if at all possible. Also, I'm curious to know what school you chose Libra. Did you also apply for any scholarships that ended with surprising results?</p>
<p>if someone wants to pm the essay to me too, that would be good.</p>
<p>You idiots are ridiculous. I have news for you, if you don't know how to write a personal essay WITHOUT MODELING YOURS AFTER SOMEONE ELSE'S you're not getting into college. :D </p>
<p>Absolutely pathetic</p>
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LOL yeah because clearly, anyone who wants to see a good essay is planning on modeling his or hers after it... :rolleyes:</p>
<p>You know all those articles on college admissions sites, like CC itself, with examples of exemplary essays? And all the magazines and books? I guess they're just published so that people can copy them. And all of the readers are planning on doing so. Yeah.</p>
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LOL yeah because clearly, anyone who wants to see a good essay is planning on modeling his or hers after it...</p>
<p>You know all those articles on college admissions sites, like CC itself, with examples of exemplary essays? And all the magazines and books? I guess they're just published so that people can copy them. And all of the readers are planning on doing so. Yeah.
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<p>What the hell? Are you retarded? Why the f*** else would someone read another person's college admissions essay? They obviously want to get an idea of what to write about, and how to write it.</p>
<p>PLEASE elaborate on your logic because apparently you think people enjoy reading other people's essays for enrichment. Oh, and your sarcasm makes you look even dumber. :D</p>
<p>Edit- Look at this thread and TRY to tell me that all of those people who are begging to read his essay aren't pathetic.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-essays/445346-most-personal-powerful-essay-i-have-ever-written.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-essays/445346-most-personal-powerful-essay-i-have-ever-written.html</a></p>
<p>LockHeart funny you should mention that... If you were more observant, you would know that I posted an essay topic before this thread began. I still want to read libra's though so I know what they're looking for. If you call this modeling, then yes, I want to 'model' my essay after a successful one. If you meant plagiarism, well, I don't think that would work out to well when adcoms are now connected to the internet (Yeah I know!).</p>
<p>Okay, apparantly I didn't post before this thread was started, just before it made the front page of CC.</p>
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Uhm, if by "get an idea of what to write about" you mean "see one example out of infinite possibilities for college essays." And if by "how to write it" you mean "what one of many possible writing styles is like."</p>
<p>"Why the ---- else?" Uhm, out of curiosity? For inspiration? Some people are inspired by writing to create their own, entirely-unrelated literary work. Sometimes, I look at professional artists' or other people's artwork and am inspired to create my own. Am I going to COPY their paintings? No... and if you don't understand this thought process, I'm truly sorry that you've never been inspired. :) </p>
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<p>Okay, I will elaborate on my logic.</p>
<p>Several college admissions experts publish articles and books to help give applicants ideas as to what types of essays are effective.</p>
<p>Some examples of books with examples of past essays:
Amazon.com:</a> 100 Successful College Application Essays (Second Edition): Harvard Independent: Books
Amazon.com:</a> On Writing the College Application Essay: The Key to Acceptance and the College of your Choice: Harry Bauld: Books
Amazon.com:</a> How to Write a Winning Scholarship Essay: 30 Essays That Won Over $3 Million in Scholarships: Gen Tanabe, Kelly Tanabe: Books
...pretty much anything that comes up when you search "college essays." :rolleyes: </p>
<p>And some online articles I've seen in the past few days just on this site:
Real-Life</a> Essay Lessons: College Essay Samples & Commentary
[U.Va</a>. Office of Admission Essays<a href="doesn't%20give%20entire%20essays%20but%20excerpts">/url</a></p>
<p>There are tons and tons of published books and articles out there containing examples of successful college essays. Try to tell me that anyone who buys one of these books or reads an article intends to rip off the writers' stories or writing styles. :) </p>
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Lol, I've seen this thread and I agree that most of those people come across as pathetic -- mostly because of the fact that they're too dumb to read dates on posts (or, you know, the first three pages of the thread) and see that this guy is long gone and obviously not going to send people his essay. </p>
<p>Yeah, some of these people might want to copy or rip off these people's essays. But how many people are stupid enough to think that they can take someone else's essay about this person's own life and apply it to themselves? Very few. Most are looking for inspiration, curious as to what types of essays are effective, or just curious as to what this kid wrote about.</p>
<p>Libra. Can you please PM me your essays? I really wanna see the amazing essays that brought you over the top! =)</p>
<p>Okay...I didn't realize this needed to be said. Modeling =/= plagiarism. I never implied that these people are planning to plagiarize, nor I wasn't expecting them to. I meant EXACTLY what I said, don't assume anything else. If you are in fact reading another person's essay for "inspiration", then you are in fact modeling your essay after theirs because there will be some remnant of the original essay in your own. </p>
<p>Poseur, we're thinking along the same lines. Where you and I differ is that I just believe you don't need inspiration via reading other people's essays for a PERSONAL essay because it just screams "I'm too incompetent to write something on my own!"</p>
<p>If you really need to read someone else's essay for inspiration, then you (I'm not talking directly to you Poseur) are a failure of a writer.</p>
<p>So by your standards LockHeart, musicians should not listen to music other than their own, artists should not admire art other than their own, and writers should not read books they have not written? Anyway why not leave the "pathetic" people in this thread alone since you telling them they're pathetic isn't going to change anyone's mind.</p>
<p>We are thinking along the same lines, I suppose. And for the record, I've read ~2 posters' essays on these boards to help them with editing, and while posting on this website, I've come across a few more and read them out of curiosity -- I like reading! But I don't really feel the need to buy any of those books or read any of those articles; I know that what I write will be a product of myself and only myself. </p>
<p>HOWEVER, even if I did go out of my way to read example essays, it's ridiculous to say that I would be "modeling" mine after them. Due to my retaining information subconsciously, yes, there would be "some remnant of the original essay" in my mind. But would it necessarily have a significant impact in my essay? Or any impact at all? Definitely not. </p>
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By your logic, anything anyone writes is a composite of everything they've ever read. I hope I'm not assigned any writing in English class the night before I write a rough draft of an essay, because I might subconsciously reflect that author's style in my writing! Oh noes.</p>
<p>I wrote rough drafts of two different essays a few months ago, before seeing any examples. But I don't think it would have made a difference at all if I had seen essays before writing. You can write your essays without having seen any examples of college essays and I'm sure they'll be great... I just don't think that it's any less impressive for one to write a great essay after having read others.</p>
<p>Aren't we straying away from the main topic of this thread? XD</p>
<p>Both of those analogies are blown way out of proportion. We're talking about a very specific case where people, who have intense pressure on them to create a spectacular personal essay, are requesting to read other essays which they KNOW beforehand have been successful at Ivy-caliber colleges. That creates a situation where the essay writer is very inclined to create their own essay in a similar fashion. Which in my opinion, exemplifies their dependence and also limits their own creativity, which (again in my opinion) is pathetic.</p>
<p>But I'm content to agree to disagree. <em>Not planning on posting in this thread again</em></p>
<p>Congrats...but wow...your SAT scores are really impressive, I bet your GPA is good too. Sounds like you deserved it. Good job!</p>