<p>I keep re-reading my essays that I sent in and I realized how TERRIBLE they were. Oh no... Anyone else having these feelings? I've seen them too much...</p>
<p>Yep, absolutely. I'm trying to not reread them again until I have to.</p>
<p>omg same it's an awful feeling. I thought one of them was so good; now I'm like ehhh. The other is just down right terrible. And I only figured out how to add a new dimension to it about a week ago, long after the early deadline</p>
<p>I refuse to reread the essay. Why trouble myself with something thats out of my power?</p>
<p>On second thought...maybe i SHOULD reread my essay. Would anyone be willing to read my essay???</p>
<p>The problem is, I don't think anyone here is really going to give an honest evaluation. They'll probably just tell you it's perfect no matter what.</p>
<p>You're right. I should ask the Harvard board for a brutally honest evaluation ;)</p>
<p>Probably because it's our inferiority complexes. Everyone's but our own psychobabble will sound like gold.</p>
<p>Well, I thought mine was terrible even before i sent it off, but other people (mostly my parents) thought it was good and i didn't really have time to start over, so i just took a deep breath and went with it.</p>
<p>sometimes, while you're writing your essay, you only evaluate it in terms of how you think it reads as and the great ideas you're trying to communicate rather than the quality of the essay itself. re-reading makes you stand back and actually gage on it from a slightly more objective view and all the flaws stick out like sore thumbs and the more you re-read the worse it gets. re-reading once or twice before sending the draft to the university is obligatory if you wan't to make sure the essay reads well, but don't re-read after that, you'll just get frustrated over something no longer worthwhile.</p>
<p>Even the best authors say looking back at their best novels they see all the mistakes so easily. I think it was Gabriel Garc</p>
<p>I really like my first essay, so I've read it a couple of times since I submitted my Yale app. My second essay I'm not so sure about (the holes one). I hope they find it fine.</p>
<p>eek rereading essays is scary. on the night before the app was due i comprehended rewriting like almost the whole thing in a different approach, but in the end i realized "ah whatever, its good i think, to hell with the 10000th revision"</p>
<p>I wasn't going to re-read my essays but seeing my SAT II scores this morning which were pretty bad, it kind of made me think "well Yale is pretty much out of the question gotta get going on those other apps." So I looked over the essay to see which of my application essays it would fit. It actually sounded pretty good. My second essay on the other had....</p>
<p>wow, you remind me of me! hehe</p>
<p>I am very bleak now about my application chances. I thought my essays were good; I read them again and am now somewhat depressed.</p>
<p>haha me 2 :(</p>
<p>Oh well. It's out of our hands at this point. There's no use being bummed unless Yale gives us a reason to be.</p>
<p>i never want to look at my essays again. i cringe just thinking about it....</p>
<p>I just read this thread again and you guys have made me feel so much better! Thanks! :)</p>
<p>After sending in my app, I felt that my essays would be good enough with the rest of my materials. After reading last years CC acceptance thread, I have begun to feel panicked that my essays aren't perfect (at least one is not as good as it could be) and that alone will kill my chances.</p>
<p>Seing all of the responses on this thread made me feel better that this is typical for many applicants, until I remembered that most people who have posted on the thread will probably be deferred. </p>
<p>But, it is good to vent my concerns.</p>
<p>If anyone wants to swap EA essays with me feel free - <a href="mailto:fortiesgrl@yahoo.com">fortiesgrl@yahoo.com</a>.</p>