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[Johns</a> Hopkins University Office of Undergraduate Admissions: Apply, Essays That Worked, Class of 2016](<a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/essays/2016/]Johns”>http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/essays/2016/)</p>
<p>I read those essays. The writing quality is 3 standard deviations about the normal. With that said the content is questionable. e.g. One of the better essays I read was about a girl who experienced prejudice in Japan. Prejudice being the stereotype that Texans like guns. An experience like that is better than the average teenager but nothing compared to being homeless. Basically those essays would be very hit-n-miss. They are relying heavily on the Bias of the reader. </p>
<p>As a general rule. The more life experience a writer infuses into an essay, the less room for fluff.</p>