College essays.

tbug2007 · 11-28-2011, 07:24 PM

Gotta love them.

My dad makes me go through draft after draft. I want them to be great, but they are kinda tedious.

So, how many of you have put in college essays and toiled with applications and such?

Thom Yorke · 11-28-2011, 07:29 PM

Are you just writing them for practice or have you sent applications in?

tbug2007 · 11-28-2011, 07:34 PM

I just now submitted four essays for a scholarship. Had three or four for admission. Two from another college, and I didn't bother applying to any other places that took essays after I finished those.

Thom Yorke · 11-28-2011, 07:39 PM

Cool. Good luck.

Best thing to do is to really embellish what you've done and how that would translate into what you'd do at the school, especially for extra-curricular activities. They ultimately expect you to do this anyways.

tbug2007 · 11-28-2011, 07:44 PM

Yeah. The questions went from intellectual to odd.

One was analyzing a quote by Emerson and how it applies to life.

One was to write a story using 3 of 5 words. Phone, key, penguin, illumination, and soar.

Sneer · 11-28-2011, 07:48 PM

I remember the essays I had to write at university. Soul destroying doesn't even cover it.

anticipation · 11-28-2011, 10:13 PM

All of mine were hilariously easy, as I recently completed my final English course with an A+ just a week ago. I've had lessons in advanced english composition and comprehension since I started high school so writing has always come pretty easy to me.

Thom Yorke · 11-28-2011, 10:36 PM

Hmm, maybe this would get some more action in this thread.

Quote:

Does anyone know of any historical databases that contain academic journals and other things of that nature? I usually stick to JSTOR, Google Scholar, L'Annee Philologique and the Cambridge Histories, but I'm finding there's really not as much information on my topic there that I had hoped for. Is there some goldmine out there I'm missing out on? Any suggestions would be great and I can see if I get access to it through my school. Different languages aren't a problem.

My topic falls under late 5th century Rome.

hip hop bunny hop · 11-28-2011, 10:42 PM

Eh? I wrote plenty of essays while in college, but never had to write one to get into college My entire thing - during high school - was to coast by solely on my test grades. During my junior and senior years I would generally just ignore whatever the teacher was saying and just read a book I brought with me. Needless to say, this is what I also did during my seemingly endless stints of in-school suspension.

Somehow this panned out - despite graduating with something like the 3rd worst GPA in my class of 80 or so, the college i ended up going to sent me - in the same packet - (1) an acceptance letter, (2) notice that I received a scholarship, and (3) a letter stating that I was on academic probation already for failure to meet minimum entry requirements.

Sparky · 11-28-2011, 11:02 PM

I got expelled from college cuz drinking too much

11-28-2011, 07:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
tbug2007 Groupie Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 24	College essays. Gotta love them. My dad makes me go through draft after draft. I want them to be great, but they are kinda tedious. So, how many of you have put in college essays and toiled with applications and such?

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Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	I remember the essays I had to write at university. Soul destroying doesn't even cover it. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

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hip hop bunny hop Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,381	Eh? I wrote plenty of essays while in college, but never had to write one to get into college My entire thing - during high school - was to coast by solely on my test grades. During my junior and senior years I would generally just ignore whatever the teacher was saying and just read a book I brought with me. Needless to say, this is what I also did during my seemingly endless stints of in-school suspension. Somehow this panned out - despite graduating with something like the 3rd worst GPA in my class of 80 or so, the college i ended up going to sent me - in the same packet - (1) an acceptance letter, (2) notice that I received a scholarship, and (3) a letter stating that I was on academic probation already for failure to meet minimum entry requirements. __________________ Have mercy on the poor.

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Thom Yorke Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,848	Are you just writing them for practice or have you sent applications in?

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tbug2007 Groupie Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 24	I just now submitted four essays for a scholarship. Had three or four for admission. Two from another college, and I didn't bother applying to any other places that took essays after I finished those.

11-28-2011, 07:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
Thom Yorke Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,848	Cool. Good luck. Best thing to do is to really embellish what you've done and how that would translate into what you'd do at the school, especially for extra-curricular activities. They ultimately expect you to do this anyways.

11-28-2011, 07:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
tbug2007 Groupie Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 24	Yeah. The questions went from intellectual to odd. One was analyzing a quote by Emerson and how it applies to life. One was to write a story using 3 of 5 words. Phone, key, penguin, illumination, and soar.

11-28-2011, 10:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	All of mine were hilariously easy, as I recently completed my final English course with an A+ just a week ago. I've had lessons in advanced english composition and comprehension since I started high school so writing has always come pretty easy to me.

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Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	I got expelled from college cuz drinking too much