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Once again The New York Times is seeking essays about money, work, social class, and related topics from current high school seniors.

If your own essay seems to fit the bill, and you wouldn’t mind having it published for all the world to see, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/your-money/2016-College-Essay-Callout.html?_r=2

Not surprisingly, the NYT folks get plenty of submissions about what it’s like to be poor, but they’re still looking for a home-run example about what it’s like to be rich!

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Sent mines in :)!

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I submitted my essay too! This is such a cool opportunity and it would be amazing to be published in the New York Times!

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Darn. I wish it didn’t have to be sent to a college. I have one sitting around but it wasn’t meant for a college application.

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I really want to read the essay in the home page slideshow…

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@Soheils --Sorry; that was just me having some fun. That “essay” doesn’t go any further than what you can see in the home page excerpt. But feel free to add a few paragraphs so that you can have some fun, too. :slight_smile:

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@Sally_Rubenstone Heh. I feel foolish. I should have suspected as such from the tile, as it looked suspiciously like ““I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor. Believe me, rich is better.”
Anyhow, even though it was short, it was entertaining. Thanks!

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I sent mine in. :slight_smile:
I wish I could write an essay about being rich lol.

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Here is a link to the essays published last year in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/20/your-money/college-essays-on-money.html

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Essays about how it feels to be rich? I bet very few people have ever given this topic a thought.

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The issue of being a poor student is much discussed nowadays, really. The same goes for college athletes. Here are a few pieces of research discussing the topic:
https://studentshare.net/english/61347-should-college-athletes-get-paid
http://college.usatoday.com/2016/10/20/should-athletes-be-paid-to-play

I was a poor student once and I’m still feeling bad for it.

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Heh. I feel foolish