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Category: Writing an Essay About a Quote
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Who should read this post: Anybody applying to the Ivy League, or anyplace else that asks you to respond to a prompt that uses a quote or that asks you to use a quote. My usual advice when asked about using a quote to start a college application essay is pretty simple: Try something else–unless…
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Who should read this post: Anybody looking for ideas on an essay about a quote. You should also check out my last post on Writing About a Quote for Princeton, which introduces how to use an essay or a quote from an essay. For those of you who read my post on using an essay…
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Who should read this: anybody interested in writing a Princeton Application Essay, or the Harvard Application (that book/intellectual interest prompt, still going strong) or the Stanford Interest short essay or . . . you get the picture. The broad scope of writing an essay about a quote means some aspects of this post will work…
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This post specifically discusses the Princeton Supplemental Essay prompts used in recent application cycles (2015-2016 and 2014-2015) and in the process also addresses essays about or based on quotes, as well as addressing essays about national problems, essays about ethical matters, essays about culture (and food) and essays about personal beliefs. Much of the content…
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