<p>First, a big congratulations to all those who got accepted to the school of their dreams! If you didn't, a sincere apology, but as my friend had told me, a Harvard Undergrad degree is great, but an Amherst (example) undergrad with Harvard Graduate is MUCH terrific.</p>
<p>When you quite down from the exciting commotions, I hope you could post your successful application essays here. If available, please also post your letters of recomendation. These things will substantially help out future applicants! Therefore, if you are willing to share your evidently impressive, please do so! Thank you!</p>
<p>To the readers: do NOT plagiarize. Colleges WILL find out and rescind your admission. Also, plagiarized essays cannot and will not reflect your own personality. In most cases, if your essay deviates much from your GPA in English courses, AP English Exams, SAT Writing, colleges will examine the integrity of the authors.</p>
<p>then why do you want people to post their essays? in some way/shape/form there will be some cheating going on and some stealing of ideas/strategies.</p>
<p>as ilovecalifornia said, plagiarism will occur (whether inadverdently or not). anyway, my essay wasn't magical or anything like that. it got me into harvard but it also got me rejected from yale and columbia and waitlisted at dartmouth.</p>
<p>There's at least 100 essays posted on the Johns Hopkins board. The Univesity Of Chicago has about a dozen. I don't see the harm in posting your essays after you have been admitted.</p>
<p>The essay is your personal statement. If you can't come up with something at ivy league level on your own, perhaps you shouldn't be aiming so high. It might sound rude to say this, but a lot of us spent lots of time perfecting those essays. Start now and get ready for applications time.</p>
<p>The essays are a major component of the application. That's not to say that many of the people who weren't admitted didn't have this same caliber of essay or higher...but yeah, I think the ivy leagues definitely look for a specific spark in their essays. It isn't about superiority, it's about dedicating the time and energy to writing the best essay you can. After a certain "break point", there are other factors that are taken into consideration. However, I rarely hear of someone with a low-level essay that fundamentally fails at conveying a message getting into a school like this. I might be making an incorrect assumption, and I stand to be corrected. But I do believe that Harvard is seeking competent writers as this is an important skill in college and beyond. I'm sorry if this offends you, but in no way does this attack you personally cali and unlimited. A) I've never read your essays B) I don't know what their "minimum" is C) You might've applied and gotten in or not even applied yet, I really have no clue. These statements are often extremely personal and concern unique topics, put some work into it and come up with your own topics and ideas. It isn't fair to ask the students on here to give freely what took so much hard work.</p>
<p>To the OP:<br>
Don't worry about or focus on what other people have written. What works for others may not work for you. The whole point of the essay process is for you to explore and express your true self. Talk about what is important and interesting to you. Tie it into what you are looking for in your education and future life. Over the last 6 months, my daughter has written probably 20 essays. She wrote about salsa dancing, socioeconomic disparity between races, climbing to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite, factors in her life that have shaped her, amphibian diversity in our local watershed, making tortillas with a group of women in Mexico... You see what I mean? There is no formula and if you write a BRILLIANT essay that does not really show who you are then it will not work. I know that this can be a very stressful process. The self-reflection was agonizing for my daughter at times. Start early. Look at the essay prompts for this year's applications. Think about the questions over the summer. Maybe even write a couple of essays. Get some teachers to help you edit. And chill a bit.</p>
<p>Divanny, if you had read what ilovecalifornia and I posted, we were definitely not the ones who were begging for admits to reveal their essay, but rather commenting on the remarks an admit left.</p>