Good College Essay admission books

College Essays
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<p>Do you have any suggestions on good books that help you write essays for admission officers for top universities?</p>

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<p>"On Writing the College Application Essay" by Harry Bauld.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Writing-College-Application-Essay-Acceptance/dp/0064637220/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-0623741-9057627?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184127285&sr=1-1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Writing-College-Application-Essay-Acceptance/dp/0064637220/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-0623741-9057627?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184127285&sr=1-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>The Bauld book is a winner.</p>

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<p>Are there any other good admission essay books or web sites?</p>

<p>I think I might get the Bauld book. I think Amazon had it for around $2.</p>

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<p>100 Successful College Application Essays - 2nd Edition</p>

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<p>A good web site:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I've read five or so, and they all boil down to: "write an essay about YOU. If someone else could write it, they have."</p>

<p>Besides, don't spend the money. Check out your local library. Mine had a whole shelf on college essay writing.</p>