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.
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)