Guy who got into all 8 Ivy League schools explains how to nail a winning admissions essay
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| Kwasi
Enin, then a high school senior, smiles after announcing he will attend
Yale University during a press conference at William Floyd High School
in Mastic Beach, New York April 30, 2014. (Photo taken by Reuters, Shannon Stapleton) |
Reddit recently hosted an AMA, or Ask Me Anything, that featured Kwasi Enin answering questions about his incredible feat of being accepted into all eight Ivy League schools.
Enin, now a sophomore at Yale, provided
really detailed answers about when to start writing your essay and how
to craft a story that will catch the attention of admissions officers.
Somewhat surpisingly, he suggested having an English teacher edit your essay before sending it in.
Below is what he shared.....
On when to start writing your essay:
I took my summer, starting in July
before senior year, to craft my essay. I wrote mini-essays based on the
Common App prompts from previous years. I looked at what was worthwhile
out of those essays, and transferred those snippets into the prompt for
the 2013-2014 year as soon as possible.
Then I added all the prompts for
the colleges I would apply to. I made separate word documents for all of
them and started writing an essay a day in August. When the school year
came, I had a whole lot of editing to do with my teachers. But it sure
made the application process simple!
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