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Life in the Gauntlet
Preface: This article is a college essay I wrote in hopes of getting into a prestigious university. Comments that are constructive in nature including correcting grammatical errors, raising stylistic
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The Trichotomy of Me
Preface: This article is a personal essay I wrote in hopes of getting into a prestigious university. Comments that are constructive in nature including correcting grammatical errors, raising stylistic
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The Things I learned before I turned 17
Preface: This is a personal essay I am writing for admissions to university. According to my guidance counselor, and earlier essay I posted on YWS, The Trichotomy of Me, was ...
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The Things I learned before I turned 17 (Revised)
Preface: This is a personal essay I am writing for admissions to university. According to my guidance counselor, and earlier essay I posted on YWS, The Trichotomy of Me, was ...
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How a homosexual man changed my life
Preface: This is a personal essay I am writing for admissions to university. According to my guidance counselor, and earlier essays I posted on YWS, are not suitable for the ...
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She's Taking the Wheel
“Do you see that stoplight?” exclaimed Hal as I was driving down Bell Boulevard for the first time. “I didn’t see it,” I timidly responded with my hands shaking at ...
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The Physics of Me
Preface: This is a personal essay I am writing for admissions to university. In this essay I really wanted who I am to come out, and I hope it did. ...
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The girl, the boy, and the bartender in a wedding dress
Preface: This is a personal essay I am writing for admissions to university. In this essay I really wanted who I am to come out, and I hope it did. ...
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The Things I Carry
Preface: This is a personal essay I am writing for admissions to university. In this essay I really wanted who I am to come out, and I hope it did. ...
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Coming Out as a Human
Preface: This is a personal essay I am writing for admissions to university. In this essay I really wanted who I am to come out, and I hope it did. ...
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The biggest risk I ever took & How I survived biology class
Preface: These are personal essays I am writing for admissions to university. Of course, all constructive criticism is welcome. Happy reading! 1.The biggest risk I ever took was going to ...
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A book that influenced me
As a student in a competitive college-preparatory high school, it is easy to lose yourself in a system where everything is quantifiable. You are measured by the grades you earn, ...
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College Essay
“It’s a bit messy” I warn my guests. They approach 4M, a door plastered with signs that read “No smoking”, “Shoe free zone”, and “Doorbell broken, knock hard!”Upon taking off ...
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Why Upenn Essay
Considering both the specific undergraduate school to which you are applying and the unique aspects of the University of Pennsylvania, what do you hope to learn from and contribute to ...
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Buried Treasure
“It’s a bit messy,” I warn my guests. They approach 4M, a door plastered with signs that read “No smoking,” “Shoe free zone,” and “Doorbell broken, knoc
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The Seminary Slump
“I’m going to seminary next year,” was probably the first time anyone had uttered the plan of such theological pursuits in my public magnet high school. How a good little ...
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To Immigrate
“If you ever need anything, I’m here, wherever here happens to be,” Sam tells me. A pause. I compose myself, resist the urge to burst into tears and muster the ...
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What does Zionism mean to you?
An essay about my relationship with Zionism (support of Jewish nation state in Israel)
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Vignettes on Biopsies
A few vignettes dealing with the coping of my mother's imminent biopsy