How I Know You Wrote Your Kid’s College Essay

“Too much is made of “being you,” writing what you want, whether someone sees it on the floor, etc.”

This is the exact advice adcoms give, at presentations and also when they’re quoted online. Write what matters to you, in your voice, and yes if the name was removed, we’d know it was you. This is what they’re saying, and you’re recommending an almost opposite tack.