Help with Common app. transfer essay!!

Applying to College
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<p>Okay so, I really need some help here, my essay was 3,200 words=(, I write too much Are there any suggestions about cutting down?</p>

<p>My reasoning: I tried to include so many different thing such as why I switched majors, why I decided to transfer for that new major and why i'm interested in it, like my rational for the new major, I don't know i'm an over-analytical mess, I just need some guidance on this essay</p>

<p>I attend Roger Williams University in RI and am sending transfer apps to Brown and Umass Amherst, I already got accepted to Umass Amherst as a freshman last year. I'm not looking for any elitist ivy obsessed comments (Im from Boston, I've heard enough) I just want some tips on condensing and writing a good transfer essay</p>

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<p>My thought is that you should pick one topic and stick to it. Besides reducing the number of words, it will also make your essay more concise and worth-reading.</p>

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<p>You might want to avoid any obvious reason why you want to do everything you want to do, unless you have a very unique way of explaining it in light of your previous experiences (and believe me, very few things are unique when it comes to college apps). They know why people transfer…
stick to what makes your app a little different, so as to really create a correlation between who you are, what you write about, and how you write about it.</p>

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<p>and FYI I do write good essays, even though I can’t write (obviously -see previous post).</p>