College essays that made a difference / Princeton Review, College essays that made a difference by the staff of the Princeton Review ; [editor, Adam O. Davis]. - 3rd ed. - New York, NY : Random House, 2008. - xii, 381 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index. At head of title: The Princeton Review.

Introduction -- The parts of this book -- Editor's note -- pt. 1. Essay fundamentals -- Grammar and form -- What colleges want to see in your essay : writing ability and insight into who you are -- Topics that work, topics that don't -- So how much does the essay count, anyway? -- pt. 2. Q & A with admissions officers -- Subject matter and writing -- Inside the admissions office -- The essay's influence -- General application questions -- pt. 3. The applicants -- pt. 4. Where they got in -- Index of essay themes.

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College applications--United States--Specimens.
Universities and colleges--Admission.--United States
Essay--Authorship.
Exposition (Rhetoric)
Aplicaciones colegios--Estados unidos--Muestras
Las universidades e instituciones--Admision--Estados unidos
Ensayo--Auditoria
Exposicion (Retorica)

LB 2351.52 / C697 2008

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