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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? [/ QUOTE ] 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? [/ QUOTE ] 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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Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thinly veiled I'm so smart look at me post? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [/ QUOTE ] Do you or do you not do silly things!? |
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thinly veiled I'm so smart look at me post? [/ QUOTE ] 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) [/ QUOTE ] I saw... [ QUOTE ] e: Do College Admissions Essays really matter? [Re: Ganjasaurus Rex] [/ QUOTE ] and thought you were talking to me. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] |
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