Fake Personal Essays?

Applying to College
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<p>How will the admissions officers know if applicants made up their essays? Of course it would be obvious if they said they won a national championship award..but what if they wrote about a death of a relative or past injuries that they never received? I've been wondering about that for a while now.. Thank you for your responses in advance! :)</p>

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<p>They won’t. </p>

<p>Go for it.</p>

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<p>Well gee, now I’m upset that I invested so much time picking the perfect topic and reconstructing everything to stay as close to accurate as memory allows in order to actually earn a spot at a University…</p>

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<p>It’s extremely difficult to write about something that isn’t true. That being said, if you feel like you’re a good enough writer to create a convincing story, go for it. But if it’s sloppily done, admissions people can sniff out the fake.</p>

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<p>Adcoms can’t necessarily tell, but if you are a good enough writer that you’re capable of writing a convincing and riveting fake, then you can probably write something convincing and riveting even about a mundane topic in your actual life.</p>

<p>Having the “right” topic doesn’t guarantee that your essay will be good.</p>

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<p>Adcoms can’t tell most of the time, but JUST SAYING for me at least, if I were to make up a memorable event or write about the death of someone close, I don’t think i world be able to write it in my own personal voice and character</p>

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<p>"Adcoms can’t necessarily tell, but if you are a good enough writer that you’re capable of writing a convincing and riveting fake, then you can probably write something convincing and riveting even about a mundane topic in your actual life.</p>

<p>Having the “right” topic doesn’t guarantee that your essay will be good. "</p>

<p>Agreed</p>

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<p>The irony here is that what you make up will probably be just like hundreds of real essays and won’t help you. Lots of people have real relatives who died.</p>

<p>I would also note that if the event you write about is really notable, the adcoms might be surprised (or suspicious) that your recs don’t refer to it.</p>