Yikes: "Penn Only Bothers to Consider 1 of 7 College Essays Submitted by Applicants"

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<p>Another way to look at this is that 86% of essays are essentially ‘good’. Not great, not bad, just ‘good’. (Perhaps the ‘good’ failed to read Harry Bauld’s or Michelle Hernandez books on essays!) OTH, the ‘great’ and ‘bad’ comprise the 14% where the essays come into play into the admissions decision, positively and negatively.</p>