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Reed, Production Manager Melinda Ackell, Managing Editor Kristin Lindner, Production Supervisor Andrea Lau, Designer  \nThe Princeton Review  \n24 Prime Parkway, Suite 201 Natick , MA 01760  \n[editorialsupport@review.com](editorialsupport@review.com)  \n© 2014 by TPR Education IP Holdings, LLC. All rights reserved.  \nCover art © Ferenc Szelepcsenyi / Alamy  \nPublished in the United States by Random House, LLC , New York , and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.  \nA Penguin Random House Company.  \neBook ISBN: 978-0-8041-2579-6  \nTrade Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8041-2578-9  \nThe Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University.  \nv3 .1_r2  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nThis book would not have been possible without the following individuals here at The Princeton Review, who granted us the opportunity to make the sixth edition of College Essays a reality: Robert Franek, who was instrumental in the development of this title; Scott Harris, who transformed the various pieces of the manuscript into the book now in your hands; and Pia Aliperti and Stephen Koch, who provided much valuable input along the way.  \nQuite a few admissions officers kindly set aside time to speak with us about the particulars of their institution’s undergraduate admissions process. The folks most vital to this book, of course, are the contributors—amazing students who took time out of their busy lives to stay in touch and answer questions. To each student who participated in this project: many thanks for your patience, hard work, and generosity. We commend you for having the guts to lay it all out there for the benefit of future generations of college applicants.  \nCONTENTS  \nCover  \nTitle Page Copyright Acknowledgments  \nIntroduction  \nThe Parts of This Book  \nEditor’s Note  \nPart 1: Essay Fundamentals  \nWhat Colleges Are Looking For  \nTopics and Strategies to Make Your Essay Sing Grammar and Form  \nKeep in Mind  \nSo How Much Does the Essay Count, Anyway?  \nPart 2: Q&A with Admissions Officers  \nSubject Matter and Writing  \nInside the Admissions Office  \nThe Essay’s Influence  \nGeneral Application Questions  \nPart 3: The Applicants  \nPart 4: Where They Got In  \nAppendix: They’re, Their, and There: Grammar and Writing Tips  \nINTRODUCTION  \nWhy did we produce this book?  \nFor a couple of reasons. First, we wanted to provide a little inspiration to students sweating over their application essays to highly selective colleges. Too many freaked-out high schoolers with outstanding academic and community-service records, enviable SAT and ACT scores, and impressive sports achievements have complained that they don’t know what to write about or where to start. Hopefully, this book will show that there are a million different ways to approach the essay and that if a student reflects on what’s most important, he or she will indeed have something to write about. Our evidence is enclosed herewith: actual essays that got living, breathing high school students—kids with crushes and acne and big feet—into the colleges of their dreams.  \nThese students wrote about scores of things, from memorable science experiments to facing off with a cheating opponent to their love of flying planes. There are sad tales of tragedy, homesickness, and civil war, as well as funny stories involving puberty, public embarrassment and Nickelodeon. 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