<p>Will someone read / edit my supplement essay? =]</p>
<p>Preferably not someone who's applying RD--if you were admitted EA to Harvard, though, you'd be awesome :D</p>
<p>Thanks,
Michael</p>
<p>Harvard does not have any form of early application, all applications this cycle will have filed for RD. Furthermore, a competitive spirit of your tone doesn’t mix well in the Harvard community, imo.</p>
<p>No need to be curt… </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-essays/258179-how-safely-use-cc-essay-advice-without-getting-ripped-off.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-essays/258179-how-safely-use-cc-essay-advice-without-getting-ripped-off.html</a></p>
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1. Anyone can steal your essay or its ideas
3. Do a little research on the person you’re PM-ing your essay to. Does this person only have posts in this essay section, do they help out others, have they been ont his board in various places for a while, how much general knowledge do they have?
8. If someone is applying to the same schools as you…don’t send them your essay. It’s just tempting them.
10. Don’t state what school you’re applying to in the thread name. If someone sees a name like Harvard, Penn, Stanford, Duke, etc…they’re ten times more likely to want to read it…to improve their own essay. This is wrong and is cheating…dont let it happen to you.</p>
<p>Happy revising/editing!
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<p>I’m only trying to be safe. If anyone else is willing to read my essay, I’d really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>"
I’m only trying to be safe. If anyone else is willing to read my essay, I’d really appreciate it."</p>
<p>To be safe, don’t show your essay to other people.</p>
<p>For virtually anyone who is good enough to be applying to top 25 schools, it’s a bad idea to have others review your essay. You’re likely to get bad advice from well meaning, but misinformed others, who’ll cause you to eliminate from your essay the type of distinctive voice and risks that top college admissions officers love to see.</p>
<p>You’re also likely to have your work stolen by lazy cheaters. Some may even steal your essay and sell it to a business that sells essays.</p>
<p>It’s better to risk things like a few grammatical errors or typos than to risk sending in a mediocre essay or a duplicate essay because you lacked confidence in yourself</p>
<p>The admissions officers at the very top colleges aren’t looking for good copy editors, so they aren’t going to reject you if there are a few typos or misspellings in your essay (though of course you should do your best to proofread carefully). They know that in college, you can learn to hone your grammar, but colleges can’t teach a person intellectual passion.</p>
<p>Colleges are looking for interesting, intelligent students with good critical thinking skills and the boldness and confidence to let their writing reflect their personality and passions. </p>
<p>Such students are hard to find, and outsiders may suggest that you eliminate the very things from your writing that indicate you’re exactly what such admissions offices are seeking.</p>
<p>I’m applying RD too, but if you edit my essay I’ll edit yours 
I can garuntee that I won’t be taking anything because well…there’s no time ahaha
Also taking your essay wont really make me “original”</p>
<p>I’ll read it for you. I’m already in college (2013), and couldn’t apply to Harvard even if I wanted to.</p>
<p>Hey guys, got someone to read it already, but thank you for the help you’ve offered =]</p>
<p>in light of Northstarmom’s post (which obviously took considerable thought and a while to write)…OH THE IRONY :P</p>
<p>It was a trusted friend, it’s fine =P</p>