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WARNING! Make Sure Your Essay is Yours
BEWARE! Some college admissions officers look at the writing
sample from your SAT® or ACT® as more representative of your
writing abilities than the college application essay. Do not
have an older sibling, counselor, or writing consultant make so many
changes to your essay that it seems impossible that you wrote it.
Likewise, some parents are overly helpful with their student’s
essay and make so many edits that they end up almost writing the entire
essay themselves. This must be avoided! College admission
officers see thousands of essays and are able to spot essays composed
by parents. Essays written by parents use a style and language
that is unmistakably NOT written by a teenage student.
If admission officers think someone else wrote your essay, your acceptance
to that college or university will be in serious jeopardy. |
