Re: Do College Admissions Essays really matter?
 

My thoughts: the essay isn't super important.

If your academic qualifications are boderline not good enough for a certain school but you write a memorable essay that stands out, it can certainly help you get in. Also, if you write a very poor essay (the only thing I could think of is one that is very inappropriate or one that shows you clearly put very little thought/effort/time into it) it could prevent you from getting accepted somewhere you may have gotten into.

Other than that, if your essay is just "normal/solid", I doubt it has too much effect on whether or not you get in somewhere.

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can someone give me examples of things that can get you denied?

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Unacceptable GPA and SAT.

It's hard to blow it with an essay if your GPA and SAT are through the roof. But i suppose you could if you called the admissions lady a cu**.

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thinly veiled I'm so smart look at me post?

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thinly veiled I'm so smart look at me post?

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It would be silly to do that on a board where there are tons of people here who are smarter and more successful than i am.

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was talking about OP (thought that was obvious)

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It would be silly to do that on a board where there are tons of people here who are smarter and more successful than i am.

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Do you or do you not do silly things!?

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thinly veiled I'm so smart look at me post?

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No ... I rarely post here and so I could care less ... but I know there were some Northwestern guys here ... and I really was looking for their input on the whole thing

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I've written it already. To ease my mind, would anyone like to read it and give me some feedback? I'll PM it to anyone who is interested.

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actually according to self reported info from NU its does play a slight role.

I forget where i saw this, was worded as something like "demonostrated interest"

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was talking about OP (thought that was obvious)

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I saw...

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and thought you were talking to me. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]