<p>There is excellent advice here:</p>
<p>[Essays</a>, Admission Information, Undergraduate Admission, U.Va.](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html]Essays”>http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html)</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>I would not recommend anything akin to the material just quoted. </p>
<p>Instead: Show, don’t Tell.</p>