Another humorous college essay!

A fun essay showing how NOT to write a college essay from the New Yorker magazine!

A funny letter of recommendation which appeared in the New Yorker, a letter you would not want a teacher or boss to write about you!

A very helpful article written by John Dolan in the Denver Post. He was previously the vice chancellor for enrollment at the University of Denver, so he is speaking from the point of view of an admissions officer at a competitive college.

Read this beautiful essay about college essays and choose 3 sentences or passages that seem helpful to you!