<p>Hi everyone,
I'm a junior now and I plan to apply to all the top colleges in the fall/winter 2011. I am sort of unsure about the essays that I will have to write. Could anyone send me any of there old essays, so I can get a feel for the writing style; I don't quite get the humor verses serious aspect and what not. Send me anything you think can help, and please pm any essays you have written.</p>
<p>Thank you, this will help me out so much.</p>
<p>It’s best to find your own voice.</p>
<p>Consider this friendly advice from an “older, wiser mom” who is also an editor.</p>
<p>Whatever you do, have someone proof your essays. Don’t rely on spellcheck alone. You have two words in your post that are spelled correctly, but used incorrectly.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies</p>
<p>agreed with ‘older, wiser mom’… in fact i remember how a UPenn admissions officer who had come to india told us exactly this at a seminar… she had something to say about MS
word distorting wharton… :D</p>
<p>anyway,( and this sounds extremely frustating when you’re writing your essays) you really should try to find your own voice. i just finished with my applications a few days ago and i realise now that my best essays were the ones i was most natural in writing… </p>
<p>p.s. - as of now i’m an admissions hopeful, so don’t take me too seriously… till a few days ago, i was in the same boat you are in now…</p>