<p>I would appreciate it immensely. I am still slightly confused with the essay process and I need all the help I can get. </p>
<p>If you are kind enough to want to help, please post here with your email and I will send you my essay.</p>
<p>Please note that it is only my very first rough draft, so it needs a lot of tweaking. Don't expect a masterpiece =P Also, feel free to criticize as much as you want, but I am not going to rewrite it completely =)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I am a sophmore at Rice.... Ill take a gander at your essay...</p>
<p>To ask someone to or do so would be a violation of Rice's policy and honor code. Just about all colleges request that an essay be your own work.</p>
<p>Having someone proofread your essay or comment on it is not a violation of the honor code. I'm in a class where we are required to have someone else read our essay and comment on it before we turn it in. As long as the work is your own (i.e. the reader doesn't add his own words to the essay), you are well within the honor code.</p>
<p>In the case of classes then I agree, but for the application essay it should be your own work all the way. </p>
<p>To quote:</p>
<p>"ESSAY. The Committee on Admission is interested in getting to know each candidate as well as possible through the application process. The following essay question is designed to demonstrate your writing skills and facilitate our full appreciation of who you are."</p>
<p>So, if you have someone else do all the corrections, for instance grammar, spelling or content suggestion, then how would that demonstrate the persons' writing skills??</p>
<p>Perhaps a spell check for major errors........but a spell checker will do that.</p>
<p>I guess it doesn't matter much, the people that read the essays know pretty well when the work doesn't reflect the person submitting it.....which is darn amazing considering how many they read.</p>
<p>In our HS the application essay is a part of the English curriculum. Seniors write it and have it proofed and corrected in class. That does not make it less the students work, it is part of the writing process. I do not know of any English teacher that re-write it so it no longer reflects the student's abilities.</p>
<p>I don't think having someone check for grammatical errors makes the essay any less the work of the writer, mixer, and I don't think I've ever met anyone who believed otherwise.</p>
<p>Having someone else read your work is a part of the writing process. It's just generally good practice.</p>