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Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, and William T. FitzGerald The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation  \nBryan A. Garner  \nTheArt of Creative Research Philip Gerard  \nFrom Dissertation to Book  \nWilliam Germano Getting It Published  \nWilliam Germano Storycraft  \nJack Hart  \nA Poet’s Guide to Poetry Mary Kinzie  \nHow to Write a BA Thesis Charles Lipson The Subversive Copy Editor Carol Fisher Saller  \nThe Writer ’s Diet  \nHelen Sword  \nA Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations Kate L. Turabian  \nStudent’s Guide to Writing College Papers Kate L. Turabian  \nWrite Your Way In  \nCrafting an Unforgettable College Admissions Essay  \nRachel Toor  \nThe University of Chicago Press Chicago and London  \nThe University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637  \nThe University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2017 by Rachel Toor  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more information, contact the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637.  \nPublished 2017.  \nPrinted in the United States of America 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 1 2 3 4 5  \nISBN-13: 978-0-226-38375-0 (cloth)  \nISBN-13: 978-0-226-38389-7 (paper)  \nISBN-13: 978-0-226-38392-7 (e-book)  \nDOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226383927.001.0001  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Toor, Rachel, author.  \nTitle: Write your way in : crafting an unforgettable college admissions essay / Rachel Toor.  \nOther titles: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.  \nDescription: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2016053327 | ISBN 9780226383750 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN  \n9780226383897 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780226383927 (e-book)  \nSubjects: LCSH: College applications—United States. | Universities and colleges—United States—Admission. | Creative writing. | Essay—Authorship.  \nClassification: LCC LB2351.5 .T66 2017 | DDC 378.1/616—dc23  \nLC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2016053327](https://lccn.loc.gov/2016053327)  \n This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39 .48-1992 (Permanence of Paper) .  \nContents  \nIntroduction: The Quest for the Special Secret Sauce  \nPart One  \nWhat You Need to Know Before You Start Writing  \n1: Steal, Steal, Steal: Learning to Read like a Writer  \n2: Craft Your “I”: Thinking of Yourself as a Character  \n3: Sex, Drugs, and Palestinian Statehood: Finding a Topic  \nAMANDA + JIM  \n4: Aboutness: An Essay Is Often About Something Other Than What It’s  \nAbout  \nADAM FINDS HIS PIRATES  \n5: The Hole in the Donut: Saying the Hardest Thing  \n6: Tell Us About Your World in Two Hundred Words: The Short Answers  \nEMMA’S SHORTIES  \nPart Two  \nGetting It Down on the Page and Then Cleaning It Up  \n7: Shitty First Drafts: The Importance of Allowing Yourself to Write Badly  \n8: Seeing Again: Revision Means Re-Vision  \n9: Don’t Try to Hook the Reader like a Trout: Opening Lines  \nPEYTON’S ANKLE  \n10: Danger! 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