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On Writing the College Application Essay: The Key to Acceptance and the College of your Choice
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.1057
EAN: 9780064637220
ISBN: 0064637220
Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: September 03, 1987
Publisher: Collins
Release Date: August 27, 1987
Studio: Collins
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Editorial Review:
Vital information for every college applicant. A former Ivy League admissions officer provides tough and funny advice on coming up with the best essay possible.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Grand Slam
For the college bound and everyone else, this concise, well-written primer
holds the potential of dramatically improving your writing skills. Writing
with humor, common sense, economy of language, and a wonderfully entertaining
selection of illustrative essays, Harry has gone a long way to help us reach
that goal. This book by itself of course isn't getting anyone into college
with the possible exception of Harry Bauld. Harry can have his pick, though
I don't ... Read More
Rating: - Fantastic!
Do not apply to college without reading this book! At last something really different yet supremely helpful too on how to get into the best schools. Bravo Mr. Bauld, from far away Greece!
Rating: - One of the Best of its Type
I teach high school juniors, and we have a unit on writing the college admissions essay. This is one of the best on the subject that I've read. It is short, which will appeal to the teenage reader, and it is humorous, which appealed to me and, I am sure, will appeal to them. My daughter, who is in the midst of writing the application essay, read the book. To me, that is high praise. I recommend it.
Rating:  - NOT FOR GRAD SCHOOL APPS
I cannot comment on the utility of this book for applying to undergraduate schools. It may be fabulous. The author does use humor and lots of examples to help. However, I was applying to graduate school, and the essay style is completely different (at least it was for all of my applications).
The graduate essay requires a wealth of specific information to be included. Specific, biographical information including past jobs and relevant experiences. This book discourages such broad essays ... Read More
Rating: - Brilliant and inspiring
This is not only the best book on writing the college application essay, but one of the best books about writing, period. With amazingly fresh and funny examples throughout, it shows how bored admissions officers are by the pompous, self-congratulatory essays that students often think they're supposed to write--and how those students can do much, much better. It literally changed my daughter's life, not only because she got into the very competitive college of her choice, but because she now is a sharper, ... Read More
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